West Indies 1986 Thomson & Co. bottled 1997 Velier

  • 46% |
  • 0.70L

A rum from Barbados’ West Indies Rum Company distilled in 1986 and bottled for Velier in 1997. Velier was founded in Genoa by Casimir Chaix in 1947. It was originally a small, family-run business specializing in the import and distribution of wine and spirits. Luca Gargano, a former representative f…More info

Description du lot

  • Distillery: West Indies Rum Distillery
  • Appellation: Old Rum
  • Country/Region: Barbados ,
  • Quantity: 1 Bottle
  • Level: 1 into-neck
  • State: 1 very slightly marked label

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West Indies 1986 Thomson & Co. bottled 1997 Velier

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  • Current Price Estimate

  • €559
  • €596 (Highest price)
  • €596 (Lowest price)

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  • 02/08/2024 €596

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West Indies 1986 Thomson & Co. bottled 1997 Velier

Cuvée presentation

A rum from Barbados’ West Indies Rum Company distilled in 1986 and bottled for Velier in 1997. Velier was founded in Genoa by Casimir Chaix in 1947. It was originally a small, family-run business specializing in the import and distribution of wine and spirits. Luca Gargano, a former representative for Saint James and serious rum collector and enthusiast, bought the business in 1986 and began bottling whisky first in 1992 and then rum in 1996. It was in 1996 that Gargano bottled his first Demerara rums. In 2004, Gargano was invited to Guyana to select casks by his friend Yesu Persaud, then the CEO of Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL). This partnership ended in 2015 when Persaud retired, but the rums bottled in the meantime became legendary. The same can be said for the Caroni casks he bought in 2005, two years after the distillery closed, following a visit to Trinidad with Fredi Marcarini the previous year to take photos. These two lines of bottlings built the renown of Velier, today also known for its work in other parts of the Caribbean, such as Barbados, Jamaica, Haiti and Marie-Galante. Rums selected by Velier are only ever aged in a tropical climate, which explains both their concentration and the high angels’ share. They are generally bottled at cask strength or just below. Finally, Gargano has, for several years, fought for stricter classification of rum, even proposing his own model, which has since been adopted by several of Velier’s partners.

The distillery West Indies Rum Distillery

The West Indies Rum Distillery (WIRD) in Barbados was founded in 1893 by George Stade and is the second oldest distillery on the island. It was bought in 2017 by Maison Ferrand, the renowned cognac house also known for its Plantation range of rums. The distillery produces 85% of the rum on the island. Much of this is sold in bulk, while an increasingly large share is used for the new Stade’s brand and Plantation’s rums. The WIRD produces molasses rums distilled in both column and pot stills, which allows a good balance of heavy and light rums.

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Detailed characteristics

  • Distillery: West Indies Rum Distillery
  • Vintage: 1986
  • Bottler: Thomson & Co.
  • Appellation: Old Rum
  • Country/Region: Barbados ,
  • Alcohol percentage: 46 %
  • Volume: 0.70L
  • Quantity: 1 Bottle
  • Level: 1 into-neck
  • State: 1 very slightly marked label
  • Case: No
  • Origin: Private individual
  • Recoverable VAT: No
  • Color: Brown

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