Velier Hampden Habitation Velier 2024 LROK H LFCH Blend with PM Spirits and Prestige Ledroit

Velier, the most prestigious name in collectible rum, built this Habitation Velier release as a blend of three Hampden marks, LROK, H and LFCH, in collaboration with PM Spirits and Prestige Ledroit. At roughly three and a half years and 60%, it is a young, full-proof expression of the distillery's fruit-driven funk.

Distilled on double-retort pot stills from molasses and matured in ex-bourbon wood, the blend of marks gives it range without tipping into ester overkill. Banana, pineapple and ester lead the nose with a creamy vanilla lift, then the palate brings grilled pineapple, banana and tropical fruit over a thread of smoke and spice. The finish turns creamy, vanilla-rich and pineapple-led. Unsweetened and balanced, it works neat and holds up in a cocktail, a versatile young Hampden that delivers the distillery's identity in a fuller, more rounded form than a single high-ester mark.