Habitation Velier Takamaka 2018 Seychelles rum vol.60,8% cl.70

Habitation Velier, the House of Pure Single Rum, the world's only range of Pure Single Rum from different distilleries selected by Luca Gargano based on the distillation system.

The reason for the project, however, is much more than merely commercial: the Habitation Velier range was born with a didactic vocation to enhance the artisanal distillations and the art and technique of the distiller.

Pure Single Rum was born from the classification launched by Luca Gargano and then disclosed together with the distiller Richard Seale, who distinguishes rums by distillation method and therefore with an objective identification.

Habitation Velier Takamaka 2018 is the first edition of a Pure Single Rum from the distillery Founded in 2002 by Richard and Bernard d'Offray, the Takamaka distillery is located in La Plaine St Andre on the island of Mahé, Seychelles, and the rum advocate Luca Gargano.

Usually this distillery produces Single Blended and has a very artisanal rum production.

Sugar cane is grown by about forty independent growers in Mahé, a small cooperative of 40 independent growers cultivates some plots on the hills, in a remote and pesticide-free area.

Rum Velier Takamaka 2018 Seychelles rum is produced exclusively with sugar cane juice, and is the first ever to be distilled 100% in pot still.

Fermentation lasts 3/5 days, with the use of proprietary yeasts and waters.

It comes from a single batch, produced in 2018 and aged for three years in French oak Radoux barrels in a tropical climate.

The content in congeners is 564.4gr / hlpa, of which 58 are esters.

The total angel share is over 11%.

Tasting Notes:

Perfumes: It expresses a refined olfactory harmony on the nose, which makes it very elegant.

Taste: it is equally delicate, but still excellent in persistence and aftertaste.

To be paired with Velier Takamaka 2018 with powerful and aroma-laden yet balanced cigars such as robust Davidoff.