Basseterre 1997 Velier 49,2% 10yo

Basseterre 1997 Velier 49,2% 10yoBasseterre 1997 Velier 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

With an assertive 66

One of 257 bottles

Distilled in 1982 at the now lost Caroni distillery

This is from a large batch of molasses rum distilled at Damoiseau in 1998

VINTAGE: 1998

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Their enigmatic CEO

The traditional still at Enmore was the historic two-column wooden coffey still

operating six creole column stills to produce over 4 million litres of rum per year

aged for 20 years

designed by Italian grappa maker Vittorio Capovilla for his Rhum collaboration with Luca Gargano of Velier