Foursquare Plenipotenzario 12 Year Old 2007 - 60% 70cl

The Foursquare rum distillery is owned by R.L. Seale & Co, a family company with a traceable history of rum making in Barbados dating back to 1820.

Plenipotenziario is part of the distillery's collaboration with Italian distributor, Velier. 

A blend of heavy and light rums distilled in 2007, this was fully matured in ex-bourbon casks for 12 years and bottled in October 2019.

Velier was founded by Casimir Chaix in Genoa in 1947 as a wine and spirits importer and distributor.

By the 1980s they were still a small family-company with less than ten staff. This all changed in 1986 when it was purchased by Luca Gargano, a former brand ambassador for Saint James who was at the time still in his twenties.

Under his direction, they selected their first single cask whiskies in 1992, and their first rum in 1996.

In the decades that followed, Velier have gone on to become one of the most collectible brands in the industry, and Gargano has positioned them as the one of the foremost authorities and bottlers of rum anywhere in the world.

One of 6000 bottles.

Notes of cocoa, vanilla and ripe banana with heat like you get from chillies. Light oil and peppery notes on the finish.