Domaine de Courcelles 1972 Of. Très Vieux Rhum mis en bouteille 2019

Lot presentation

Domaine de Courcelles 1972 Of. Très Vieux Rhum mis en bouteille 2019

The wine

Domaine de Courcelles 1972 is a very old molasses-based rum from Guadeloupe. Distilled in Domaine’’s last year of production, it spent 20 years in oak casks before being transferred to a barrel to slow its ageing. Bottled in February 2019 by SODEMIC.

About the Producer Domaine de Courcelles

Domaine de Courcelles was founded in the early 1930s in Grande-Terre, Guadeloupe, and closed in 1964. The owner, Amédée Huygues Despointes, moved the stills to Saint-Marthe, where they continued to be used before it was closed for good in 1972, the year of the last distillation. The distillery produced molasses-based rum. The last casks were for a long time forgotten until being bought by an independent bottler, who took them to Marie-Galante and transferred the contents into oak barrels.