Bottler/Brand: Velier SpA
Country of origin: Jamaica
Alcohol content: 67.25% vol.
Declared age: 14 years
Equipment: GiftBox
Variety: molasses rum
Bottling: no sugar added
Dye: natural colour

Tropical vs Continental Aging - Wedderburn - 2 Bottles

This exceptional pot still rum is the result of a collaboration between Scheer and Velier. The rum was produced in the Monymusk distillery in 2007/2008 and then aged for 11 years in a tropical climate before being bottled in 2019 with an ester content of 315.6 g per hectolitre.

Maturation in the distillery, cask storage in Europe, both in combination: matured rum is sometimes so diverse because, in addition to the cask type, the climatic conditions in particular affect its development. With the Scheer Velier Main Rum Range, rum fans have the chance to make a direct comparison between purely tropical and purely continental rums. Behind the experiment are the Italian bottler Velier, led by the passionate rum pioneer Luca Gargano, and the well-known Dutch broker EA Scheer , in whose approximately 300-year history this is the first collaboration .

The extraordinary series consists of four Jamaican pot still rums from the traditional Monymusk Distillery , two of which are tropical and two of which are continental. MMW Wedderburn 11 yo are blends of two casks distilled in 2007 and 2008. The two EMB Plummer 14 yo rums were married from casks that were filled in 2002, 2004 and 2006. For better differentiation, there are red (tropical maturation) and blue labels (continental maturation) - but anyone who has the rums in the glass will also recognize the difference: in terms of ester content, aroma and alcohol content. The bottlings are available as a set, but also individually.