A.H. Riise Non Plus Ultra – La Galante 70 CL 43,40%

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Non Plus Ultra La Galente is truly a sublime experience for connoisseurs!

Fragrance

Inviting – with orange, caramel, crème brulé and vanilla with notes of mahogany, as well as the aromatic Bay rum trees that grow wild in the West Indies.

Taste

Complex – full and rounded spicy taste with a touch of orange, creamy vanilla and lemon and oak notes

Aftertaste

Rich and creamy – gradually slipping into a long aftertaste.

 

About the Product

Non Plus Ultra La Galante is named after Columbus’ ship Santa Maria La Galante, which he sailed on when he discovered St. Croix and the West Indies. This exclusive Limited Edition blend is made by our master distiller with the absolute best drops from old West Indian and Central American rum barrels. Each and every cask is carefully selected to create a superior, matured blend that captures the essence of the West Indies and the flora of the islands. Everything, from the faceted carafe to the dark red mahogany color and the entire taste experience, leaves nothing to chance.

Tasting notes

An inviting scent of orange, caramel, crème brulé and vanilla with notes of mahogany, as well as the aromatic Bay rum trees that grow wild in the West Indies. On the palate, it is complex, full and rounded spicy flavor with a touch of orange, creamy vanilla and lemon with notes from oak barrels of the highest quality. The notes linger in the aftertaste, which is rich and creamy, before gradually sliding into a long aftertaste.

About A. H. Riise Rome

Albert Heinrich Riise (1810-1882) originally came from Ærøskøbing, and trained as a cand. Pharm. in Copenhagen. Where he was later employed at Det kgl. Military and Waisenhus pharmacy.

Riise was very keen to open his own pharmacy, and when the opportunity presented itself, he traveled in 1838 to the island of Sankt Thomas in the then Danish West Indies, where he eventually opened St. Thomas Apothecary Hall A.H. Rice.

Here he quickly found out that there was good money in trading with other than pharmacy goods, so he also sold household items, cosmetics, canned food, chocolate and much more. Albert’s wholesale trade sold to the entire Caribbean archipelago.

A.H. The Riise brand is born

Riise also started producing rum and bitters. Initially for medical use against stomach ailments and other ailments. He developed brands such as Old St. Croix, Riise’s Guava Rum and A.H. Riise Rome.

Sales of rum went incredibly well, so well in fact that Riise eventually became a rich and influential man. He was given several positions of trust at St. Thomas, i.a. he became chairman of the Colonial Council, director of Bank og St. Thomas, churchwarden, member of the City Council and board member of several companies. In 1860 he became Knight of Dannebrog, and in 1878 he became Etatsraad – a rank of high prestige – because he had donated St. Thomas Municipality $6,000 for the purchase of three school buildings.

From St. Thomas to Frederiksberg.

Albert Riise left the pharmacy at Skt. Thomas to his son-in-law Jens Alfred Alexius Jørgensen, after which he travels to Copenhagen. Here he buys a large villa, which he names “Villa St. Thomas”. Albert had the park planted with rare plants, created ponds and built a mighty greenhouse. He died in the villa in 1882, aged 72. The grave site at Solbjerg Park Cemetery can still be found today.

In 1883, sons Valdemar and Karl jointly take over the pharmacy at St Thomas. However, the pharmacy burned to the ground at Christmas 1895 – a candle ignited a rickety Christmas tree! Valdemar, who now runs the pharmacy himself, quickly gets it rebuilt, but due to prolonged illness – as well as the dwindling commercial importance of the Danish West Indies – he sells both the pharmacy and Riise Bay Rum to Oluf Volmer Poulsen in 1913.

Upon the sale of the Danish West Indies to the USA in 1917, Poulsen transferred his grant to Svane Apotek in Vejle. The pharmacy at Skt. Thomas still exists today, now under the name “Vejle St Thomas Apotek”. Likewise, the name A.H. Riise is still well-known at Skt Thomas – among other things you will find A.H. Riise Mall at 37 Main Street, where rum and bitters under the name A.H. are still produced. Rice.

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949,00 DKK

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