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Velier's latest series of rums from Guadeloupe comes inspired by a vintage book that Luca Gargano had came to acquire, Flora Antillarum, by François Richard de Tussac, which documents the botanical, rural, and economy history of the native plants in the Antilles, which was published in Paris by F. Schoell et Hautel in 1808, which included many illustrations of the native flora of the Antilles, and was one of the first books to do so, Tussac himself a French botanist who became a senator for Guadeloupe of the Antilles.

In the latest series, Flora Antillarum, named after the book, Luca selected images from the book to feature on the labels of rums representative of the island. With Sylvain Guzzo, Velier created the new Flora Antillarum range which has been dedicated to three essential references from Guadeloupe: Bologne, Karukera and Montebello.

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The rums are as follows:

Bologne, 7 Year Old, 2014

This agricultural rum is made from a blend of 3 casks distilled in the Créole column of the Bologne distillery: N ° 322, distilled in May 2013 and aged in a new oak barrel; N ° 252, distilled in May 2014 and aged in an ex-Cognac barrel; N ° 282, distilled in November 2014 and bottled full proof.

Karukera, 12 Year Old, 2009

This agricultural rum is made from a blend of 2 casks, N ° 183 and N ° 188. It was distilled at Karukera in the Créole column, and aged in ex-Cognac barrels on May 15, 2009.

Montebello, 19 Year Old, 2002

This rum is made from the blend of an agricultural rum and a traditional one. Aged in ex-bourbon and ex-Cognac 350 liter barrels on February 7, 2002, it was distilled in Montebello.

The rums selected with entirely aged at the distilleries, enjoying tropical aging throughout their maturation and were bottled at full strength with no additives.

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