Foursquare Velier Releases 10 x 70cl 5212097

Foursquare Velier Releases 10 x 70cl

The Foursquare rum distillery is owned by R.L. Seale & Co, a family company with a traceable history of rum making in Barbados dating back to 1820. The modern company dates to the 1920s, when Reginald Leon Seale set up a distribution business in the island’s capital, Bridgetown. The company’s success brought expansion, and through the latter half of the 20th century it acquired brands such as ESA Fields and Doorly’s for its portfolio. In 1995 they opened the Foursquare distillery, converting an abandoned sugar factory in the Saint Philip parish. Operating as double retort pot still and a three-column continuous still, its first spirit was produced in 1996. Foursquare produces Single Blended rum, combining its pot and column distillate both before and after being barrelled, and under the direction of Sir David Seale and his son, Richard, has become one of the most revered producers in the world.

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.

These bottlings were all part of the distillery's ongoing collaboration with Italian distributor, Velier:

• Foursquare 2006 Velier 10 Year Old, 62% 70cl - One of 2,400 bottles produced in February 2016, matured initially in bourbon casks for 3 years, then in Cognac casks for 7 years.
• Foursquare Velier Triptych, 56% 70cl - One of 5,400 bottles produced in November 2016, drawn from three casks; a 2004 bourbon cask, a 2005 Madeira cask and a 2007 virgin oak barrel.
• Foursquare 2008 Velier Principia, 62% 70cl - One of 5,400 bottles produced in November 2017, matured initially in bourbon casks for 3 years, then in sherry casks for 6 years.
• Foursquare 2003 Velier 14 Year Old Destino, 61% 70cl - One of 2,610 bottles produced in December 2017, matured initially in Madeira casks for 12 years, then in bourbon casks for 2 years.
• Foursquare Velier Destino / 70th Anniversary, 61% 70cl - Produced in 2017 for the 70th anniversary of Velier, drawn from a vatting of two 12 year old Madeira casks, further matured for 2 years in 'very old' rum casks.
• Foursquare 2004 Velier 14 Year Old Patrimonio, 58% 70cl - One of 6,000 bottles produced in February 2019, drawn from a vatting of bourbon casks and sherry-finished casks.
• Foursquare 2007 Velier 12 Year Old Plenipotenziario, 58% 70cl - One of 6,000 bottles produced in October 2019, matured entirely in bourbon casks.
• Foursquare 14 Year Old Velier Sassafras, 61% 70cl - One of 6,000 bottles produced in November 2020, matured initially in bourbon casks for 3 years, then in Cognac casks for 11 years.
• Foursquare 17 Year Old Velier Raconteur, 61% 70cl - One of 4,800 bottles produced in January 2023, drawn from a vatting of bourbon casks and Oloroso-finished casks.
• Foursquare 15 Year Old Velier Absolutio, 62% 70cl - One of 4,800 bottles produced in February 2024, drawn from a vatting of bourbon casks and Port-finished casks.

Please note this lot will carry a ten-bottle shipping fee.