MHOBA - FAQ PLASTIC - Millésime 2017 - 64.30%
Mhoba is an agricultural amber rum produced in South Africa. It is made from a local sugarcane variety called Nkomazi. The cane juice is fermented in part by a local baker's yeast as well as wild yeasts. The distillation is carried out using an iron still designed by Robert Greaves.
Velier was founded in 1947 by Casimiro Chaix, in Genoa, Italy. With his business partner Arturo Lupi, they created in 1953 a small classic wine and spirits import company and distributed champagne, grappa, but also tea and cocoa. In 1983, Gian Luca Gargano, Marketing Director of Spirit SpA (the largest import company in Italy) took a stake in the company and in 1985, Velier specialised in importing the best spirits intended in particular for restaurants and wine bars. In 1988, Velier was the first Italian company to import New World wines. It was from 1992 that they began to select casks 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 the Habitation Velier contains an original project, with unique characteristics, a "world first" for each distillery.
This limited edition is the first bottling between Velier and Mhoba. It was produced in 2017 from Nkomazi sugarcane juice cultivated on Mhoba rum’s own farm in the heart of the cane-growing area located in the Crocodile River Valley in South Africa. It was distilled by Robert Greaves in self-built high reflux pot stills and aged in ex-Red wine French oak barrels. It contains 344,6 g/hLPA and is produced without pesticides, enzymes, antifoam nor sweetening.
Purchase limited to 1 bottle
