This Depaz Vieux Réserve Spéciale Rum is the ancestor of the VSOP Special Reserve that we know today! This bottling from the late 1980s is a real museum piece since it dates before the establishment of the AOC Martinique! In its iconic sandblasted glass bottle, this Depaz Vieux Réserve Spéciale 50% Rum is a piece of choice in any rarities enthusiast's collection! Habitation La Montagne is an agricultural estate founded by Jacques Duparquet, first governor of Martinique in 1651. During the 19th century, the Depaz family, which worked sugar cane, participated in the growth of the town of Saint-Pierre. notably through the development of the production of Martinique rum. At the same period, Saint-Pierre quickly became the world's leading rum port, it was then nicknamed “The little Paris of the Antilles”. Cultivated at an altitude of 1,395 meters on the majestic slopes of Montagne Pelée, The sugar canes draw minerality from this volcanic soil, the aromatic signature of Depaz Rums. The Depaz distillery produces Rhum Agricole AOC Martinique and follows a resolutely traditional approach. In fact, the grinding is still carried out with an old steam machine, and it is only the bagasse which supplies energy to the distillery. At the end of the distillation column, the Depaz White Rum has a strength of 70% vol. Finally, if old Bourbon barrels are preferred for aging, the Depaz distillery does not exclude, occasionally, to use other types of barrels for the aging of its Rum. The metal capsule was a little creased when leaving and entering its original box. Shipping to France, Germany, Belgium, Austria, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Hungary, Luxembourg, Netherlands. Denmark, Finland, Greece, Liechtenstein, Norway, Poland.