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Description
The ImpEx Collection was started by Sam Filmus, President and Managing Director of ImpEx Beverages (hence the name), and Chris Uhde, his longtime business partner. Both men have worked with and imported some amazing brands over the years so it is no surprise that their single cask selections have been very sought after. A few of these brands include Kilchoman, Single Cask Nation, Adelphi, GlenAllachie, Port Askaig, Ardnamurchan, Fukano and more.
Taste
Cask #20 VRW | Distilled at Long Pond Distillery in Clark’s Town, Jamaica
VRW (Vale Royal Wedderburn) marque with ester count of 150–250 grams per hectoliter of absolute alcohol (g/hL AA) | Produced from a blend of molasses, cane vinegar, dunder, and muck | Distilled on double-retort pot stills
Aged a minimum of 18 years; tropically aged in an oak cask in Jamaica before being further matured for 4 years in San Jose, California
Distilled in 2005 and bottled in 2024
Brand Tasting Notes: The nose offers Red Delicious apple and white raisins, plus a significant note of oak accented with red licorice, followed on the palate by notes of cedar and fennel and earth plus hints of orange peel. Subtle tobacco and pine with hints of smoke highlight a finish that is long and complex.
Legendary even by local standards, Long Pond Distillery (which, like Hampden Estate, has roots in Trelawney Parish dating to 1753) sports a reputation that balances its role as a workhorse producer (the distillery once contributed to Seagram’s Captain Morgan) with the serious rum-afficionado cred cultivated by independent bottlings. In 2021, National Rums of Jamaica created the Long Pond brand and released its first expression, but of course the prized possessions are the funkier, high-ester marques—like VRW, here given an extra eighteen years of oomph in two hot climates.
Details
- Bottle Size750
- DistilleryLong Pond
- StyleRum
- RegionIndependent Bottlers
- Age18
- ABV58.6%
- No. of Bottles249
- Year Bottled2024
- Country of OriginJamaica
- Cask StrengthYes
- BottlerImPex Collection
- Cask TypeAmerican Oak
