La Maison & Velier’s Habitation Velier is an particularly uncommon assortment of rums from a bottler that’s already recognized for its out-of-the-ordinary choices. The vary, which at the moment spans 45 releases, is designed to be academic in nature, designed to showcase the facility of pot distillation and the way it varies from one producer (and area) to the subsequent. LM&V explains a bit extra:
The Habitation Velier mission was born in 2015, springing from the shut collaboration between Luca Gargano and one of the best distillers on the earth of Pure Single Rum, thought to be the easiest expression of this spirit. The intention of the vary is to lift consciousness within the rum market on the elemental significance of the distillation course of, and basically on manufacturing, from uncooked materials to fermentation. And it’s exactly to maintain the deal with the strategy of distillation that the labels point out the alembics utilized by each producer, in addition to different technical info, akin to the amount of congeners – non-alcoholic substances liable for the product’s aroma – current within the spirit, and the marks, figuring out the various kinds of rum produced by the identical distillery.
Up to now, the vary encompasses 45 releases, inclusive of white and aged rums from 11 totally different distilleries. Certainly, each Habitation Velier rum displays an unique mission with really distinctive options: a “world première” for every distillery.
White Pure Single Rums are the purest, most quintessential expression of sugar cane and its derivatives (molasses). Having a excessive alcohol content material, they’re the subsequent era rum for all passionate mixologists. Single-vintage rums are aged solely in a tropical local weather, with an angel’s share of greater than 8% per yr, which permits for accelerated pure ageing in comparison with the European technique, on the expense of the amount of product. The merchandise are all bottled barrel proof, with out the addition of caramel, sugar or every other non-distillation component.
We’ve reviewed a handful of those releases through the years and as we speak we flip to a few new releases, all unaged white rums from a lot totally different locales.
Habitation Velier Savanna HERR Reunion Single Rum 2025 White Evaluate
Unaged rum from Reunion island, bottled in 2025 (a 2018 expression was additionally launched beforehand). HERR is its Excessive Ester Rum Reunion mark, a uncommon formulation for the operation. The fruity esters are overwhelming from the bounce, showcasing aromas of overripe banana, pineapple, peach, and candied limes — with layers of petrol providing a a lot grittier steadiness. Florals emerge with time in glass, evoking elderflower and honeysuckle, each closely perfumed. Large flavors of bubblegum and expressed mint oil create a really candy, aggressive palate, resulting in a end that’s a mixture of the aforementioned overripe fruit, cotton sweet, and potpourri. Overwhelming from begin to end, it’s a wild however excellent academic providing, simply as promised. 125 proof. B+ / $225
Habitation Velier Renegade Grenada Single Rum 2025 White Evaluate
This follows a 2023 bottling from the identical distillery in Grenada, however this expression is unaged. Lovely inexperienced banana, lemongrass, and a sprig of tropical aromas lead issues off on the nostril right here, creating to indicate a clear white sugar aroma, laced with notes of lime leaf. Youthful however fairly, its mild petrol underbelly is stored in verify all through. Surprisingly creamy and approachable on the palate, the sip is dominated by layers of spun sugar, extra lime, and touches of saline. The end hints at coconut and, to a lesser extent, some hogo, culminating in a clear and vibrant rum that feels versatile and surprisingly refreshing. 110 proof. A- / $125
Habitation Velier Mhoba South Africa Single Rum 2025 White Evaluate
We’ve coated the rums of this unique producer earlier than, and this expression often is the wildest of the bunch. A nostril of roasted almonds with evenly scorched shells instantly surprises, and it finds unusual bedfellows in aromas of burnt espresso grounds, banana chips, and torched marshmallow. A pistachio notice emerges with a while in glass, altogether evoking a really odd dessert. Plastic and petrol give the palate a substantial funkiness that approaches acetone, although traditional overripe fruit notes — banana and a few apple — come alongside ultimately to mood a number of the funk. At 62% abv, the influence of all that alcohol is dominant, however I used to be stunned that water turns the exuberant sweetness relatively saccharine whereas additionally muddying up the end. Crushed nut shells linger alongside grittier touches of creosote and moist asphalt. 124 proof. B / $125
Habitation Velier Savanna HERR Reunion Single Rum 2025 White
USD225
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