In Belize City the Perdomo family has been distilling rum since a small bar called Travellers grew into a distillery, and a single cask from there has now been captured by Italian bottler Valinch & Mallet.
Expert Description
Belize Travellers 2006/2022 Valinch & Mallet 16 Year Traditional is a Belize Rum from a single cask, aged for 16 years and bottled at 56.3%.
The rum comes from Travellers Liquors, whose history begins in 1953 when Jaime Omario Perdomo opened a bar of the same name in Belize City. The family later registered the distillery officially in 1983 and upgraded the facility in 1992, moving away from acid-based fast fermentation in favour of natural molasses fermentation followed by double distillation on a triple column setup. This gives Travellers a cleaner, softer style than many other Caribbean molasses rums. The cask was selected by Valinch & Mallet, the Italian independent bottler run by Davide Romano and Fabio Ermoli, and bottled as cask number 3 as part of their Traditional range. The rum was distilled in 2006 and rested for 16 years before being bottled in 2022.
The result is a soft, sweet-toned rum, where coconut and vanilla meet caramel and dark chocolate, carried by its relatively restrained cask strength of 56.3%.
Tasting Notes
Nose
Coconut, vanilla and a touch of caramel.
Palate
Toffee, milk chocolate and mild spice with a creamy body.
Finish
Soft and lightly sweet with a final hint of dark chocolate.
Specifications
Name: Belize Travellers 2006/2022 16 Year
Distillery: Travellers Liquors
Bottler: Valinch & Mallet
Region/Country: Belize
Type: Belize Rum
Age: 16 Years
ABV: 56.3%
Size: 70 CL
Distilled: 2006
Bottled: 2022
Serving Suggestion: Neat in a snifter or with a few drops of water
Flavour Profile
Sweet-toned · Coconut-forward · Creamy · Spiced · Soft
Investment Potential
Low to Medium. Single cask releases from Valinch & Mallet are limited, but Travellers Liquors remains an active distillery, which keeps rarity at a moderate level compared to closed distilleries.
Did You Know?
Travellers Liquors did not start out as a distillery but as a bar in Belize City, where founder Jaime Omario Perdomo experimented with his own rum blends for guests long before the family obtained an official distilling licence.
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