Foursquare 2006 Velier Single Blended Rum 10 Year Old

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Foursquare 2006 Velier 10 Year Old Rum

This is part of the distillery’s collaboration with Italian distributor, Velier. Distilled in 2006 and matured in ex-bourbon casks for 3 years and ex-cognac casks for a further 7 years. This is one of 2400 bottles filled in 2016.

Velier was founded by Casimir Chaix in Genoa in 1947 as a wine and spirits importer and distributor. By the 1980s they were still a small family-company with less than ten staff. This all changed in 1986 when it was purchased by Luca Gargano, a former brand ambassador for Saint James who was at the time still in his twenties. Under his direction, they selected their first single cask whiskies in 1992, and their first rum in 1996. In the decades that followed, Velier have gone on to become one of the most collectible brands in the industry, and Gargano has positioned them as the one of the foremost authorities and bottlers of rum anywhere in the world.