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Bottle Details
Versailles 1988 Moon Import Sherry Wood
Moon Import was founded by Pepi Mongiardino in 1980. Although primarily concerned with the distribution and bottling of single malt, the company has released some spectacular rum as well. While the new owners of companies like Samaroli and Silver Seal have placed a greater emphasis on rum in 21st century, Mongiardino was an early advocate of the spirit, particularly Demerara rum and the Moon Import catalogue routinely featured a number of what are now very special bottles. Always beautifully labelled, Pepi is acclaimed for designing the packaging for Moon Import bottles himself, often using images found in old books. These iconic designs, coupled with the quality of the liquid saw Moon Import steadily grow in popularity, and they are now some of brightest gems in any collection.
This is a pot demerara rum distilled on the Versailles single wooden pot still at Enmore. One of 660 bottles drawn sherry wood in 2011.
The Enmore sugar estate was established by Edward Henry Porter in the early 19th century after he inherited and converted his father’s cotton plantation on the east bank of the Demerara river. Once one of many in the area, by the time the government in Guyana had begun to nationalise and consolidate the country’s rum production in 1974, it was one of only four remaining. The traditional still at Enmore was the historic two-column wooden coffey still, constructed back in 1880 and modelled almost exactly after the first continuous still patented by Aeneas Coffey in 1832. This however was distilled on the Versailles single wooden pot still, moved to Enmore from its eponymous distillery after its closure in 1974. 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. Enmore was eventually closed by Demerara Distillers in 1994, and both stills were moved to Uitvlugt. Today they remain operational as the “Heritage Stills” at Diamond, the only remaining distillery in the country.
Enmore
A distillery that was located on a sugar estate established by Edward Henry Porter in the early 19th century. Although it was closed down in 1994, its name lives on through its two-column continuous still, which forms one of the "heritage stills" of Guyana and is still in use at Diamond distillery.
Moon Import
An iconic Italian importer and independent bottler. Established in 1980 by Pepi Mongiardino, the company is beloved by whisky collectors however it also has a notable catalogue of rum releases from both its Collection Moon label and a string of impressive sherry-matured Demerara rums.
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