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Cambridge 13 years 2005 Of. Mark ST C E - One of 3648 - bottled 2018 LM&V National Rums of Jamaica

  • 62.50% |
  • 0.70L

Cambridge is a rum distilled at Long Pond in 2005 and bottled at cask strength by Velier in 2018, after ageing for 13 years. It reproduces the style of the Cambridge distillery, which closed in 1947. STC❤E was a mark used at Cambridge applied to rums with 550 to 700 grams of esters per hectolitre of…More info

  • Distillery: Long Pond
  • Appellation: Pure Single Rum
  • Country/Region: Jamaica ,
  • Quantity: 1 Bottle
  • Level: 1 into-neck
  • State: 1 good appearance

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Cambridge 13 years 2005 Of. Mark ST C E - One of 3648 - bottled 2018 LM&V National Rums of Jamaica

The wine

Cambridge is a rum distilled at Long Pond in 2005 and bottled at cask strength by Velier in 2018, after ageing for 13 years. It reproduces the style of the Cambridge distillery, which closed in 1947. STC❤E was a mark used at Cambridge applied to rums with 550 to 700 grams of esters per hectolitre of pure alcohol, whereas the Continental Flavoured style—one of the four categories used in Jamaica—gives a range of 700 to 1,600 g/hlpa. It is a blend of 11 casks that produced 3,648 bottles. Velier was founded in Genoa by Casimir Chaix in 1947. It was originally a small, family-run business specializing in the import and distribution of wine and spirits. Luca Gargano, a former representative for Saint James and serious rum collector and enthusiast, bought the business in 1986 and began bottling whisky first in 1992 and then rum in 1996. Rums selected by Velier are only ever aged in a tropical climate, which explains both their concentration and the high angels’’ share. They are generally bottled at cask strength or just below. The company’’s selections from Diamond’’s vaults as well as the Caroni bottlings and the bottlings from various distilleries in Jamaica, Barbados and other countries have played a key role in rum’’s history and are today some of the most sought-after in the category.

The distillery Long Pond

The Long Pond distillery was founded in Trelawny in 1753, some 12 miles from Hampden, and is named after a mountain in the north of Jamaica. Seagram’‘s CEO Samuel Bronfman bought the distillery from the Jamaican government in the 1940s and began producing Captain Morgan there in 1944. After Seagram was disbanded and the Captain Morgan brand bought by Diageo, Long Pond joined National Rum of Jamaica, a company owned by the Jamaican government, Demerara Distillers Limited and Maison Ferrand. The distillery was closed from 2012 to 2017 and was almost destroyed in a fire in 2018. Thankfully, the damage was not too serious and the distillery’‘s John Dore pot stills and Blair column still continue to operate today, producing various profiles of very popular rums.

Detailed characteristics

  • Distillery: Long Pond
  • Vintage: 2005
  • Bottler: Of.
  • Age: 13 years
  • Appellation: Pure Single Rum
  • Country/Region: Jamaica ,
  • Alcohol percentage: 62.50 %
  • Volume: 0.70L
  • Quantity: 1 Bottle
  • Level: 1 into-neck
  • State: 1 good appearance
  • Case: Yes
  • Origin: Trade
  • Recoverable VAT: Yes
  • Color: Brown
Cambridge 13 years 2005 Of. Mark ST C E - One of 3648 - bottled 2018 LM&V National Rums of Jamaica
Cambridge 13 years 2005 Of. Mark ST C E - One of 3648 - bottled 2018 LM&V National Rums of Jamaica

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Cambridge 13 years 2005 Of. Mark ST C E - One of 3648 - bottled 2018 LM&V National Rums of Jamaica

iDealwine Price(1) corresponds to the hammer price and the buyer's premium charged by the auctioneer. (1)Bottle format