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Vieux Casimir 2016 Velier 5 Year Old Single ex-Caroni Cask / LMDW

Lot: 6032193

Vieux Casimir 2016 Velier 5 Year Old Single ex-Caroni Cask / LMDW

Winning Bid: £250

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Lot:
Distillery: 
Douglas Casimir
Age: 
5 Year Old
Vintage: 
2016
Region: 
Haiti
Bottler: 
Velier
Cask Type: 
Ex-Caroni Rum Cask
Bottled Strength: 
47.5%
Bottle Size: 
70cl
Distillery Status: 
Operational
Production method: 
pot still
Base: 
pure cane juice
product Details

Vieux Casimir 2016 Velier 5 Year Old Single ex-Caroni Cask / LMDW

Clairin is considered the national spirit of Haiti, and is an eaux-de-vie produced similarly to agricole rum, generally by a single local distiller using sugarcane from their village’s and adjoining fields. Largely secreted from the world for nearly 200 years, clairin was introduced to the world by Italian distributors, Velier, after Luca Gargano and Daniele Biondi discovered these distillers on at trip to Haiti in 2012.

The Douglas Casimir distillery was established by Duncan Casimir in 1979 and is today run by his son, Faubert. He is considered the finest distiller in the Barradères region, a unique quirk of which is to add herbs or vegetable matter to pure cane juice during fermentation, to enhance the spirit’s aroma. Casimir adds citronella, cinnamon and occasionally ginger. Distillation takes place in a pot still using Hawaii Blanche and Hawaii Rouge cane.

This was distilled in 2016 and aged for 5 years in an ex-Caroni rum cask before being selected by French spirit merchants, La Maison du Whisky.

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