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Velier Royal Navy Very Old Rum 1st Edition

Lot: 6044570

Velier Royal Navy Very Old Rum 1st Edition

Winning Bid: £155

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Lot:
Distillery: 
N/A
Age: 
N/A
Vintage: 
1990-2005
Region: 
see lot description
Bottler: 
Velier
Cask Type: 
N/A
Bottled Strength: 
57.18%
Bottle Size: 
70cl
Distillery Status: 
Closed
Operational
Production method: 
pot & column stills
Base: 
molasses
product Details

Velier Royal Navy Very Old Rum 1st Edition

'The oldest blend of British Caribbean rums of the 21st century.'

This is a Velier produced blend of rum from Trinidad, Guyana and Jamaica, including a 20 year old from the lost Caroni distillery. It has a 'weighted average age' of 17.42 years and was produced by Velier master blended Luca Gargano using vintages from between 1990 to 2005.

Velier was founded by Casimir Chaix in Genoa in 1947 as a wine and spirits importer and distributor. By the 1980s they were still a small family-company with less than ten staff. This all changed in 1986 when it was purchased by Luca Gargano, a former brand ambassador for Saint James who was at the time still in his twenties. Under his direction, they selected their first single cask whiskies in 1992, and their first rum in 1996. In the decades that followed, Velier have gone on to become one of the most collectible brands in the industry, and Gargano has positioned them as the one of the foremost authorities and bottlers of rum anywhere in the world.

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