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Long Pond 18 Year Old Plantation The Collector No.1

Lot: 6030254

Long Pond 18 Year Old Plantation The Collector No.1

Winning Bid: £530

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Lot:
Distillery: 
Long Pond
Age: 
18 year old
Vintage: 
see lot description
Region: 
Jamaica
Bottler: 
Plantation
Cask Type: 
see lot description
Bottled Strength: 
43%
Bottle Size: 
70cl
Distillery Status: 
Operational
Production method: 
pot & column still
Base: 
molasses
product Details

Long Pond 18 Year Old Plantation The Collector No.1

Founded in 1753, Long Pond distillery is located in the Trelawny parish of Jamaica, which is also home to the Hampden Estate. Its modern history begins in the 1940s, when Seagram chief, Samuel Bronfman, bought the distillery from the Jamaican government and began to produce the Captain Morgan brand there. When Seagram was dissolved in the early 2000s, Diageo bought Captain Morgan and moved production to Clarendon. Long Pond became part of National Rum of Jamaica, a firm established in 1985 and currently part-owned by the Jamaican government, Demerara Distillers in Guyana, and Maison Ferrand in France. Long Pond produces rum using both John Dore pot stills and a Blair column still. Its output is highly regarded, and stock shortages caused by its closure between 2012-2017, and a fire in 2018 mean it is becoming increasingly sought after.

This is an 18 year old single blended rum from the Long Pond distillery in Jamaica. A vatting of 1996 and 2000 vintage rums from the John Dore pot still and the Blair column still, this was tropically aged for 17 years in bourbon wood before a final year of continental ageing in a Ferrand cask.

This is Edition 1 of The Collector series, which aims to recreate the flavour profiles of some of the favourite rums in the collection of Steve Remsberg. As with the Plantation Extreme series, this rum has been bottled dosage-free.

Launched in 2003, Plantation Rum is a brand owned by the well-established cognac producer, Cognac Ferrand. Established in 1989, Maison Ferrand has used its extensive contacts in the spirits industry to source some exceptional casks of rum. The company also has privileged access to those in the warehouses of Clarendon and Long Pond in Jamaica, through its acquisition of the West India Rum Distillery (WIRD) and the shares in National Rums of Jamaica that came with it. Its ownership of the Bajan WIRD distillery has seen it increasingly involved in rum production as well as bottling in recent years. In June 2020 it was announced that Plantation Rum would be changing its name to support the global dialogue around racial equality, with the company accepting the hurtful connotations that the word “plantation” can evoke.

One of 389 bottles. 

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