It’s the second annual release from the Bermuda-based company. Only 1,500 bottles of Papa Seal 2020 will be available for nationwide shipping via Flaviar.com and Caskers.com and for in-store purchase in 16 states, retailing for about $199 per 750ml bottle.
The first iteration of Papa Seal arrived in fall 2018, with about 2,500 bottles of the over 15-year-old spirit available in select regions throughout the U.S. Like its predecessor, each bottle of Papa Seal 2020 will feature its barrel number, bottle number, and bottling date hand-written on its label. Housed in an elegant display box with a slide-out tray, open view window, and satin finish foil label, Papa Seal is ready to be gifted to appreciators of rum and sipping whiskies alike.
“Goslings Papa Seal is one of only a handful of single barrel rums currently on the market and is a complex and beautiful sipping nightcap,” says E. Malcolm Gosling, seventh-generation rum maker and CEO of Goslings International Limited. “We hope that Papa Seal joins Family Reserve Old Rum, our original annual premium release, as the entry for many people to discover the vibrancy of sipping rum in the same way as a fine whiskey, brandy, or cognac. This first iteration of Papa Seal was lauded as 2019 Rum of the Year by the Caribbean Journal, and we anticipate that this even more remarkable bottling will receive additional accolades from rum experts.”
Papa Seal will be available at select retailers in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, Tennessee, Virginia, Texas, Colorado, Nevada, California, Illinois, and Washington, D.C.