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Port Mourant 1993 Plantation 27 Year Old Extreme No.4 / The Nectar

Lot: 6033343

Port Mourant 1993 Plantation 27 Year Old Extreme No.4 / The Nectar

Winning Bid: £250

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Lot:
Distillery: 
Uitvlugt
Age: 
27 year old
Vintage: 
1993
Region: 
Guyana
Bottler: 
Plantation
Cask Type: 
see lot description
Bottled Strength: 
51.9%
Bottle Size: 
70cl
Distillery Status: 
Closed
Production method: 
double wooden pot still
Base: 
guyana molasses
product Details

Port Mourant 1993 Plantation 27 Year Old Extreme No.4 / The Nectar

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.

This Port Mourant rum was distilled at Uitvlugt in 1993 and bottled in 2020 as part of the company's fourth dosage-free Extreme series. This one exclusive to The Nectar in Belgium.

Uitvlugt, pronounced [eye-flut] was located on the west bank of the Demerara river near the Dutch-established town of the same name. The distillery was established at the end of the 18th century and remained Dutch-owned until the government in Guyana began to nationalise and consolidate the country’s rum production in 1974. Thereafter it became part of the portfolio of Demerara Distillers Ltd (DDL), who closed it down at the end of 1999. Uitvlugt originally operated double wooden pot stills, however these were replaced by a four column French Savalle still in the early 1920s. A double wooden pot still was reinstalled in the 1950s however, moved there from the closed Port Mourant distillery. That still produced this rum. It is constructed from Greenheart wood, which is native to Guyana and is mostly used in boat-building due to its ability to remain strong while constantly wet. The wood is also well suited to distilling, stripping spirit of sulphites in the same manner that copper does. The Port Mourant and the Versailles single wooden pot still are the last of their kind still in operation. The Port Mourant still is so-called as it started life at the distillery of the same name, established in 1732. Its configuration produces a typically heavy bodied and oily distillate, generally credited with being one of the key components in the old Royal Navy blend. Port Mourant rums remain high in demand to this day, and the still remains in operation at Diamond, the last remaining distillery in the country.

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