LA FAVORITE - White Rum - 180th Harvest - March 2022 - 56%
La Favorite is one of the last independent distilleries in Martinique along with Neisson. It was founded in 1842 on the remains of a sugar refinery called Les Jambettes before being renamed La Favorite in 1851. In 1909, when Henri Dormoy acquired it, he carried out some improvements to transform the sugar refinery into a distillery. . Following a few twists linked to a craze for gambling by Albert Dormoy (Henri's son), La Favorite saw its activity cease in the years 1938. It would not resume production until André, his younger brother , took it over to completely renovate it in 1956.
Today, La Favorite produces sugar cane on 60 hectares and is also supplied by small local producers , it still operates entirely using a steam engine built in 1906. Le vesou (cane wine) , obtained from cane juice fermented for a long time (up to 72 hours), is distilled in 2 Creole columns , one of which is entirely made of copper and has been in operation since 1957 and the other more modern dating from 1986.
To celebrate the anniversary of the 180th harvest of La Favorite, four special cuvées have been bottled to highlight the richness and flavors of the 2022 harvest: March, April, May and June . These four selections come from a varietal blend and a blend of plots. The fermentations are slow, as well as the 56% reduction. Each bottle is numbered and sealed with wax manually.