Vale Royal 2006: 19 years-old Jamaican Rum

Vale Royal 2006 High Proof is an exceptional Jamaican Pure Single Rum, selected by Luca Gargano for Velier, created as a tribute to the historic Vale Royal Distillery, situated in the Trelawny region of Jamaica, which closed permanently in 1959.

This bottling marks a world first: the recreation of the historic VRW (Vale Royal Wedderburn) brand, renowned for the high concentration of esters and the extraordinary aromatic intensity that characterised the distillery’s rums.

Distilled in 2006 at the Long Pond Distillery in Clark’s Town, following a long fermentation, the rum was produced using one of the distillery’s three John Dore double-retort pot stills.

Sourced from single cask no. 17, it has spent 19 years ageing entirely in the tropics in an ex-Bourbon cask, developing exceptional aromatic intensity. The long maturation in the Jamaican climate resulted in an Angel’s Share of over 80 per cent, making this selection particularly rare.

Bottled undiluted at 65% vol., in a limited run of 305 bottles, Vale Royal 2006 offers an intense and complex profile, characterised by fruity, smoky, medicinal and spicy notes typical of great Jamaican rums with a high ester content.

MAXIMUM ONE BOTTLE PER CUSTOMER