HABITATION VELIER - Hampden - OWH - Vintage 2016 - 7 years - 60%
Velier was founded in 1947 by Casimiro Chaix, in Genoa , Italy . With his partner Arturo Lupi, in 1953 they created a small classic wine and spirits import company and distributed 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 into the company's capital and in 1985, Velier specialized in the importation of 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 edition comes from the Hampden distillery in Jamaica . The rum was distilled in 2016 and aged for 7 years in ex-Bourbon barrels . This OWH brand rum contains between 40 and 80 gr/hlpa of esters.