HABITATION VELIER - Amber Rum - FOURSQUARE - Vintage 2013 - 64%
Velier was founded in 1947 by Casimiro Chaix, in Genoa , Italy . With his partner Arturo Lupi, they created in 1953 a small business importing classic wines and spirits and distributing champagne, grappa but also tea and cocoa. In 1983, Gian Luca Gargano , the marketing director of Spirit SpA (the largest import company in Italy) entered the capital of the company and in 1985, Velier specialized in importing the best spirits intended in particular for restaurants and wine bars. In 1988, Velier was the first Italian company to import wines from the New World. It was from 1992 that they began to select barrels of old Single Malts and Rums for their brand, which they developed from 1995. In 2001, the first selection of Damoiseau rums was offered by Velier. Habitation Velier is a project born in 2015 from the collaboration of Luca Gargano with the best rum distillers . They produce Pure Single rum and each expression of Habitation Velier contains an original project , with unique characteristics , a "world first" for each distillery.
This amber rum from the 2013 vintage was distilled by Foursquare under the direction of master distiller Richard Seal and then bottled by Velier . This is the first Pure Single Rum produced by this distillery. It was distilled in a pot still designed by Green Engineering and Forsyths and then refined in old 370-litre cognac barrels in Barbados.