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Versailles VSG 1998 Full Proof 9 Year Old
A VSG marque, this was distilled in 1998 on the Versailles single wooden pot still in its brief years at Uitvlugt. It was bottled in 2007.
Distillery
Distillery status
Closed
Age
9 year old
Vintage
1998
Production Type
Pure single rum
Still
VSG wooden pot still
Ageing
Tropical
Sweetened
No
Region
Guyana
Brand
Bottle count
278
Base
Molasses
Distillery
Uitvlugt
A sugar factory in Guyana that operated a rum distillery until 1999. Pronounced [eye-flut], it was located on the west bank of the Demerara river near the Dutch-established town of the same name. The distillery operated a number of historic stills, many of which are still in operation at Diamond.
Founded
1871
Production type
Pure single rum,
Traditional rum
Brand
Versailles
A distillery in Guyana that was located on the estate of the same name until its closure in 1978. Its name lives on however, as a reference to the historic single wooden pot still that subsequently spent time at Enmore, Uitvlugt and now Diamond where it produces the Versailles distillery marks.
Production type
Pure single rum
Company
Demerara Distillers Ltd
A rum company in Guyana, founded in 1983 through the merger of Guyana Distilleries Ltd and Diamond Liquors Ltd. Its flagship brand is the El Dorado label, which produces on a variety of still at Diamond. It also has subsidiary interests across the Caribbean and Europe.
Founded
1983
Company type
Distiller
Series
Demerara Distillers Ltd Velier Releases
A collection of bottlings produced between 2005 and 2014. Genuinely ground-breaking, it introduced the rum world to the variety of historic stills and cask marques within the portfolio of Demerara Distillers Ltd. Many of these have become the most sought-after rums among collectors.
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