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Demerara Dark Rum 1975 Samaroli

Lot: 6030071A
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Demerara Dark Rum 1975 Samaroli

Winning Bid: £3,600
(Reserve has been met) This lot currently has: 35 bids

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Lot:
Age: 
n/a
Vintage: 
1975
Region: 
Guyana
Bottler: 
Samaroli
Cask Type: 
N/A
Bottled Strength: 
45%
Bottle Size: 
70cl
Distillery Status: 
Operational
Base: 
guyana molasses
product Details

Demerara Dark Rum 1975 Samaroli

A 1975 vintage, this was bottled in 2000 and is part of a series of rums which incudes a 1948 West Indies that Samaroli described as his favourite spirit he ever bottled.

This rum was distilled by Demerara Distillers Ltd, the company formed by the government in Guyana in 1983 after it consolidated all of its nationalised rum distillers as a single entity. It operated three distilleries; Diamond, Enmore and Uitvlugt, and was in the process of warehousing ageing stock with a view to bottling its own rum brands, which it eventually did in 1992, launching its now iconic El Dorado 15 year old. In the meantime it continued distilling bulk rum for independent bottlers, resulting in a wealth of spectacular releases like this. These may contain single marque rums, or a blend of various marques from the country’s many historic stills, all of which are still in use today at Diamond, the sole remaining distillery. Known as the “heritage stills,” they are Uitvlugt’s historic four-column French Savalle stills, the Versailles and Port Mourant wooden pot stills, and the Enmore wooden coffey still, the oldest and last of its kind in the world.

Samaroli is perhaps Italy's most revered independent bottler of Scotch whisky. With an impeccable taste in single cask whiskies, and an eye for aesthetics (if not English spelling at times!), he is regarded by many as a visionary. Many of his bottles now occupy deserved sports on the pantheon of whisky greats, and their rum output under the tenure of Antonio Bleve is increasingly sought after as well.

One of 936 bottles.

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