Papalin Jamaica Navy Strength 7-Year-Old Vatted Rum

Papalin 7 Year Jamaica Navy Proof Rum is the latest limited release as part of the renowned Papalin Project by Velier.

The idea is based on our desire to go back in the history of rum to the late 1800s, when Jamaican traders began to make blends, i.e., mixtures of rums from different distilleries. Take Myers’s and John Wray Nephew: in addition to selling rum casks and exporting them to Europe, they also produced their own blends – never specifying the distilleries of origin. Then, over the last seventy years, we’ve seen an increasing number of brands of European-produced blends like for example Negrita, with mixtures made by European blenders. Then in the seventies individual distilleries began selling their own products, and as a result tropical blends have slowly and gradually disappeared. In light of all these changes, the goal of the Papalin project is to bring back the ancient tradition of rum blends.

What is the idea behind the project? 
The basic idea is to blend rums made in a single island and entirely produced and aged at the respective distilleries. Our first release focuses on Jamaica and is called Papalin Jamaica. In the old days – that is, the days of Myers’s and John Wray Nephew – labels did not specify the distilleries of origin, in fact the composition of the blends was kept completely secret. But I have no secrets, so although I’m following the original tradition of not indicating the distilleries of origin on labels, I can openly say my first blend was made from Hampden and Worthy Park rums, both aged at least 7 years. Of course, the secret I do keep is the ratio of the different rums I use.

Tasting notes:

The nose is lively yet refined. Notes of vanilla, candied citrus fruit, nutmet, coffee and chamomile. On the palate the rum is rich and powerful. Cane sugar, salted caramel butter, pear, geranium and vegetal notes. The finish is long and rich with dandelion, lemon, vanilla, menthol, mineral and cocoa powder.

Presentation box included.

Classification: Vatted Rum (Molasses + 100% Pot Still Distillation from two or more distilleries)
Country: Jamaica
Aged: 7 Years (Tropical Aging)
Distillery: Hampden Estate & Worthy Park
ABV: 57.18% / 700ml