SAMAROLI - Jamaica - Trilogy Hampden (2001/2011/2012)
Born in Bologna, Italy, Silvano Samaroli, the founder of the company, started his activity in 1968 by selecting and bottling some of the best whiskies in the world. At the beginning, he was the only independent bottler who was not British. In the 1990s, Samaroli added rum to his selection: he went in search of the best distilleries and brought the barrels back to Scotland, where the climate allowed slower aging. In 2008, Antonio Bleve, who has worked with Mr. Samaroli for many years and shares his philosophy and his passion, took over the business. In collaboration with a community of rum and whisky experts, Antonio pursues his quest for exceptional barrels thanks to the historic relationships of the brand and to new encounters. Samaroli is also pursuing research work on blending, combining the flavours of aged eaux-de-vie with the power of the youngest to recreate the soul of whisky, in particular by putting whiskies or rums in new barrels, to bring them incomparable depth compared to classic Singles Malts. Samaroli offers Single Malts and Single Casks rums chosen for their exceptional character. Each Samaroli bottle indicates the year of cask, the year of bottling, the number of bottles obtained from each cask, and the individual number of the bottle.
Hampden Estate is one of the oldest sugar estates in Jamaica. It dates back to 1753 when the estate was under the ownership of Mr. Archibald Stirling of Scotland. In 1779 Mr. Sterling built the Hampden Great House of which the ground floor served as a rum store until the early 1900s. The Farquarson family operated the estate producing sugar and rum until 2003 when it came under the ownership of the Jamaica Sugar Company of Jamaica. The estate is renowned for possessing the best cane lands in Jamaica producing the highest Ton Sugar from Ton Cane milled. During this time its rums were exported exclusively to Europe, England and Scotland. In 2009, Everglades Farms Ltd. owned by the Hussey family, acquired the estate via public bid through divestment procedures of the Jamaica Sugar Company assets, owned by the Government of Jamaica. Since the acquisition, Everglades Farms has invested heavily into the estates, provided jobs throughout Trelawny and provide considerable financial and other infrastructure support more than 17 communities and schools.
