Chamarel 2014 LM&V - Tropical Ageing in Mauritius - b. 2019 - 70cl

Habitation Velier is a project born from the vision of Luca Gargano, arguably the world’s foremost rum expert. Hailing from a prominent Italian family renowned for the quality of its goods—a family of explorers prioritizing quality distribution over mere profit—Gargano seeks to showcase the finest distillers through their "Pure Single" rums. Each release is a unique Habitation Velier project, creating a world-first expression that bears the distillery's distinctive signature.

Chamarel is one of the few truly independent distilleries; it grows all its own sugarcane, which is hand-harvested and immediately crushed in the mill. Following controlled fermentation, the distillery demonstrates great versatility in its distillation process: equipped with a copper Bardet column (for continuous distillation of white rums) and two steam-heated copper pot stills (for double distillation, allowing for precise cuts), Chamarel is capable of producing rums of exceptional finesse. After a minimum six-month resting period in stainless steel tanks, the spirits are either aged in various types of oak casks or diluted with very pure spring water—sourced just steps from the distillery—prior to bottling.

Chamarel’s quality inevitably caught the discerning eye of Habitation Velier, leading to the selection of this 2014 vintage "Indian Ocean Stills" aged rum, produced via single-column distillation. After four years of maturation, the rum was bottled at cask strength in a limited edition of 2,284 bottles.