Mezan Rum Site

Dai · Post by **Dai** » Fri Feb 14, 2014 3:02 pm

http://www.eauxdevie.co.uk/#/mezanvintagecaskrums/

The Mezan Promise:

Our vintage rums are
• unblended
• unsweetened
• uncoloured
• filtered through only a light gauze with no chill-filtration

da'rum · Post by **da'rum** » Fri Feb 14, 2014 3:39 pm

That link wouldn't work for me but they look to be interesting rums. Very disappointing that they are bottled at 40% though.

Dai · Post by **Dai** » Fri Feb 14, 2014 3:43 pm

da'rum wrote:That link wouldn't work for me but they look to be interesting rums. Very disappointing that they are bottled at 40% though.

http://www.eauxdevie.co.uk/

Post by **Capn Jimbo** » Sun Feb 16, 2014 8:46 am

An interesting entity...

According to their site, the company was founded in 1984 and became "the largest independent importer of spirits" in the UK. A look at their products includes some good ones like RL Seales
Compass Box Whiskeys, and a variety of hard to find or smaller distilleries.

In addition they apparently also do their own bottlings of single vintage, single cask rums - of which they make Dai's list of good claims:

• unblended
• unsweetened
• uncoloured
• filtered through only a light gauze with no chill-filtration

If only they'd add "no additives or flavorings of any kind". Which means either that (a) they don't or (b) they don't know. As you'd guess, I've already emailed the company. Stay tuned, and...

Carry on.

Hassouni · Post by **Hassouni** » Sun Feb 16, 2014 1:15 pm

I sort of doubt it. In all my liquor hunting I've only seen these for sale in one place - at the Whisky House in Soho, or whatever it's called (the big one that isn't Gerry's). Seems unlikely that such an obscure rum would be flavored if they've committed to no sugar, color, filtering, etc.

JaRiMi · Post by **JaRiMi** » Mon Feb 17, 2014 9:51 am

Almost all whiskies which are not chill-filtered are bottled at 46%, because any lower and they look cloudy.

Mezan is not chill-filtered, and bottled at 40% - so it should be cloudy to begin with.

Is it? If not, I'd at least like to ask them how come...?

The one they show in the pic (Trinidadian) must be Caroni actually.

Hassouni · Post by **Hassouni** » Mon Feb 17, 2014 12:02 pm

I regret not buying one of these when I was at that shop in Soho

Dai · Post by **Dai** » Mon Feb 17, 2014 1:52 pm

Hassouni wrote:I regret not buying one of these when I was at that shop in Soho

http://www.masterofmalt.com/search/meza ... ction=desc

Hassouni · Post by **Hassouni** » Mon Feb 17, 2014 2:10 pm

Yeah, but I'm the US now, shipping is quite expensive[/u]

Post by **Capn Jimbo** » Mon Feb 17, 2014 7:13 pm

As per usual....

I queried the distiller:

"On your webpage, your company makes the following claims regarding your Mezan Vintage Cask Rums...

• unblended
• unsweetened
• uncoloured
• filtered through only a light gauze with no chill-filtration

We at The Rum Project (the largest independent rum review site in the US) would pose the following question?

Do your Mezan rums contain any unlabelled additives or flavorings of any kind? If so, what are they? If not, how do you know that?"

Mezan answers:

"Dear Capn

Q 1.. …with my cask bottlings I am are very careful to respect the flavour profile the rum has achieved in cask. The rums are all aged in re-used US whisky casks, which are dumped, filtered (through a 5µm filter similar to a teabag, this removes large particles and specifically barrel charcoal) and then reduced to 40% for bottling. Each batch is bottled as a warehouse batch, like a BIB… …distilled, warehoused, aged and bottled as one batch… …different lots, even if only from the adjacent warehouse, will be bottled as a separate set of casks.

Q 2.. …no additions whatsoever to the liquid, and no cork stoppers ever! All dumping and bottling is supervised by our quality control team from start to finish.

Q&A3.. …I do however blend our XO Jamaican. This is aged, and then blended and returned to barrel prior to bottling as above. It is a medium ester Jamaican based on a single source supply of 2-3 rums with differing ester profiles, dressed with older rums to highlight the blend. It is produced in 5000 bottle runs.

As the ester content and flavour profile will differ from cask to cask, and the blending done at least six months prior to bottling, each batch is designed to highlight the available rum, not to match the previous batch in profile or colour.

Future batches to be bottled in 2014 and 2015 are already in preparation from stock in our own ageing cellars, 2016 onwards is currently ageing at the distillery. We look to use a minimum age in cask, prior to blending, of 4+ years, the oldest top dresser I have used in previous blends was 20+ years old.

Keep up the good work!"

This is great stuff and fully answers my question. Good on them! I'd buy one...

Hassouni · Post by **Hassouni** » Mon Feb 17, 2014 7:31 pm

In fairness, it's not as expensive as the usual European indie bottlers. I wonder how much shipping is to the US...

Dai · Post by **Dai** » Tue Feb 18, 2014 2:03 pm

Hassouni wrote:In fairness, it's not as expensive as the usual European indie bottlers. I wonder how much shipping is to the US...

To be honest my sample bottle smells nice. I'm looking forward to trying it.
Have you tried doing a search to see if they sell it in the States.

Hassouni · Post by **Hassouni** » Tue Feb 18, 2014 4:10 pm

Doesn't seem to be, sadly. I don't think Velier/Gargoni, Rum Nation, or Bristol are sold here either. Samaroli is, but is ghastly expensive. Cadenhead and Duncan Taylor are, but in extremely limited supply, and was we know Berry Bros is easily available at Total Wine. Who else is there?

mamajuana · Post by **mamajuana** » Sun Jan 11, 2015 8:38 pm

Mezan Jamaican XO USA labeling was just approved by TTB. Should be a nice pure rum at a really nice price point from what I have been reading. Can't wait to get a hold of a bottle or two.

https://www.ttbonline.gov/colasonline/v ... 2001000057

Dai · Post by **Dai** » Mon Jan 12, 2015 5:42 am

I was chatting with the guy from Mezan at the rumfest. Nice guy to be honest. He was doing his stuff and the Foursquare with Richard Seale but didn't get to meet Mr Seale pity I did want to but alas the rum got the better of me.