Habitation Velier - Mount Gay 2011

Habitation Velier - Mount Gay 2011

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Tasting Notes for Habitation Velier - Mount Gay 2011

Nose: Soft aromas of jam, raisins, spices and aromas of varnish

Taste: Intense with almonds, candied fruit, varnish and wood aromas

Finish: Elegant and warm with cherry pits, cocoa and medicinal aromas

  • The Habitation Velier Mount Gay 2011 release is the third Habitation Velier bottling from this famous distillery on Barbados, and is the first release called Mount Gay - the former 2 were named Last Ward. This Velier release is unique in that it is a style of rum not bottled by Mount Gay itself. Between 2007 and 2014, the Ward family, who owned and operated the famous Mount Gay distillery for over a century, produced an experimental triple distilled spirit on their McMillan double retort pot stills. Also known as Mount Gilboa, Velier obtained casks of this rare spirit after the distillery was sold in 2014 and have aged them for 9 years in bourbon barrels in Barbados. After giving up an angels share of more than 64%, the rum was bottled at natural cask strength of 52.3% abv, creating perhaps the only opportunity to try an experimental spirit from one of the oldest distilleries in the world.

  • The Velier company was founded by the Chaix family in 1947. From 1953 to 1983, this small traditional company, located in the port of Gênes, specialised in the importation and distribution of wines, champagnes and spirits. In 1983, then aged 25, Luca Gargano acquired shares in Velier. Under his influence the company began specialising in the importation of exceptional spirits to be supplied to the most prestigious establishments in Italy. In the early 1990s, Luca Gargano heard rumours of a mythical, quasi-legendary stock of St James Rum that had supposedly been distilled at the end of the 19th century. Eventually he discovered proof that this stock, distilled in 1885 and bottled in 1952, did indeed exist. And in 1991, following lengthy discussions, Luca finally managed to acquire the entirety of this stock, which he then released on the Italian market. These selections of rums have since multiplied and led to the birth of exceptional ranges.

    The latest range by Velier and Luca Gargano is Habitation Velier. The result of extensive research and education on rum over the past decades, combining Velier's experience with the know-how of the best rum producers. This range of rums takes up the codes dear to the brand, namely changing the perception of things, from the importance of aging to the importance of pot still distillation.

    The idea behind the Habitation Velier project is to educate consumers and to promote artisanal distillation and the distiller’s art and techniques. Each expression, with its unique features, embodies an original project, a “world premiere” for each distillery. The range includes white Pure Single Rums, which although still not widely known, are the quintessence of sugar cane and its by-product, molasses.

    Today, these white rums provide great inspiration for new generation international mixology. The vintage Pure Single Rums are entirely aged in a tropical climate, which ensures natural, accelerated aging compared to European ageing, at the expense of the quantity produced. All Habitation Velier rums are bottled at barrel proof, non-chill filtered, and without the addition of caramel or any other element not from distillation.

  • ProducerMount Gay for Velier
    StylePure Single Rum
    Age9 years
    Volume70CL
    ABV52.3%