BARBADOS 2015 Fireworks

The Fireworks Collection is a unique series of 40 magnums of rare whiskies, rums and other spirits from around the world. Two bottlings are exceptionally offered in 70cl format: a single malt from the French distillery La Piautre, and a rum distilled in Barbados. A tribute to the ancestral art of Japanese fireworks, each bottle is adorned with a unique label inspired by the work of Jinta Hirayama, who revolutionised pyrotechnics in the 19th century. Ribbons, garlands and confetti, balls of light and coloured clouds... the figures he designed are collected in a catalogue dating from 1877. Inspired by these historic illustrations, the Fireworks Collection reinterprets the complex and refined motifs of this dazzling art. Considered by many to be the cradle of rum, Barbados has acquired a unique expertise over the centuries, mastering a wide range of production methods that are the signature of the aromatic richness of Barbadian rum. This molasses rum reflects the diversity of the island's expertise: produced using a process unique to the distillery in south-east Barbados, it is a blend of column-distilled rum and pot-still rum. This Single Blended Rum (a blend of rums from the 2 distillation styles within a single distillery) was aged on site for 5 years in a tropical climate in a cask that had previously contained bourbon, before continuing its ageing for a further 4 years in the Cognac region. Produced from a single cask, this edition is limited to 333 units.