Bottled exclusively for Harvey Nichols, this unique and very limited release of only 41 bottles is one of the rarest rum expressions we’ve ever had. Chairman’s Reserve 20-year-old rum has been distilled from a Vendome Pot Still, with its first three years ageing in an ex-Bourbon cask and the remaining 17 years laying undisturbed in a Port cask resulting in a dark, rich and intense statement.
Elegant and textured, this exceptional rum embraces you with warm molasses, barbequed pineapple, dried fruits and treacle developing and evolving to bring forth notes of prunes, cacao, orange peel and toasted oak. One for collectors and connoisseurs, this supreme expression should be delighted and revered.
Attracted by the island’s expansive sugar plantations, the Barnard family established their distillery on Saint Lucia in the 1930s. For a long time, all was happy on this tropical paradise surrounded by breath-taking waterfalls, unspoiled rainforest, palm-fringed beaches, and the towering Piton Mountains but sadly the rise of the European sugar beet looked like it would kill off centuries of rum making heritage. The last sugar plantation closed in the 1960s and was replaced with more lucrative bananas. So, the two remaining distilleries on the island – Dennery on the Barnard’s plantation and the other in Roseau owned by the Dutch company Geest – joined forces creating Saint Lucia Distillers. Creating stunning rums under the Chairman’s Reserve brand using molasses sourced from Guyana shipped into the jetty at Roseau Bay, they saved the island’s rum culture. With three pot stills and a continuous still, Saint Lucia Distillers are able to make all kinds of rum but the focus always remains quality over quantity.
SKU No.: 4346475
Style No.: 991878
Alcohol by volume (ABV): 56.8%
Volume: 700ml
Bottled exclusively for Harvey Nichols, this unique and very limited release of only 41 bottles is one of the rarest rum expressions we’ve ever had. Chairman’s Reserve 20-year-old rum has been distilled from a Vendome Pot Still, with its first three years ageing in an ex-Bourbon cask and the remaining 17 years laying undisturbed in a Port cask resulting in a dark, rich and intense statement.
Elegant and textured, this exceptional rum embraces you with warm molasses, barbequed pineapple, dried fruits and treacle developing and evolving to bring forth notes of prunes, cacao, orange peel and toasted oak. One for collectors and connoisseurs, this supreme expression should be delighted and revered.
Attracted by the island’s expansive sugar plantations, the Barnard family established their distillery on Saint Lucia in the 1930s. For a long time, all was happy on this tropical paradise surrounded by breath-taking waterfalls, unspoiled rainforest, palm-fringed beaches, and the towering Piton Mountains but sadly the rise of the European sugar beet looked like it would kill off centuries of rum making heritage. The last sugar plantation closed in the 1960s and was replaced with more lucrative bananas. So, the two remaining distilleries on the island – Dennery on the Barnard’s plantation and the other in Roseau owned by the Dutch company Geest – joined forces creating Saint Lucia Distillers. Creating stunning rums under the Chairman’s Reserve brand using molasses sourced from Guyana shipped into the jetty at Roseau Bay, they saved the island’s rum culture. With three pot stills and a continuous still, Saint Lucia Distillers are able to make all kinds of rum but the focus always remains quality over quantity.
SKU No.: 4346475
Style No.: 991878