Sample Velier Foursquare 2006 Raconteur 17yr 61% 3clFoursquare Raconteur is the eighth rum from the collaboration between two great names in rum, Luca Gargano of Velier and Richard Seale of the Foursquare distillery. Raconteur is a blend of rums distilled in 2006 in a Coffey column still and a double retort copper pot still. The first rum from the blend was aged in ex bourbon casks for 17 years, while the second was double aged: 5 years in ex bourbon casks and then 12 years in former Oloroso sherry

the rum unfolds layers of complexity—notes of leather

This one honours Balas "Brigade" Bhaggan who worked at the distillery for 14 years

One of 480 bottles

achieved exclusively by the oak barrels in which it was aged

This is a 1995 vintage rum from the Carrere distillery in Guadeloupe

it was without chill filtration and without the addition of any colorings or additives

A Sensorial Experience

owned by Trinidad Distillers Limited

Velier Diamond & Versailles SVSG 1996 is an 18-year-old rum

from the 1998 vintage

Bottled: 2015

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