Heritage Rum Maison la Mauny 70cl 40°
This rum has been aged for 18 months in oak barrels and has undergone a second maturation of three months in large tuns having aged port wines.
History of the distillery
In 1749 Ferdinand Poulain, Count of Mauny, from the Breton nobility and adviser to the King of France, landed in Martinique.
He married the daughter of a planter who owned an estate located in Rivière Pilote, in the south of the island, and gave it his name: Domaine La Mauny was born.
In 1820 Until this date, the production of sugar constitutes the principal activity of the field which manufactures in addition to Tafia, the ancestor of rum.
the La Mauny distillery is developing agricultural rum, made from the pure fresh juice of the estate's cane sugar.
In 1883, the Tasher de la Pagerie family, whose daughter Marie Josèphe Rose - called Joséphine de Beauharnais - was wife of Napoleon and Empress of the French, wanted to acquire the property.
After bitter discussions, no agreement was found with the heirs of the Count de Mauny.
In 1923, The estate covering 170 hectares of a very rugged region becomes the property of the Théodore and Georges Bellonnie brothers.
Georges devotes himself to distillation while his brother Theodore devotes himself to trading and specializes in rum.
In 1929 the production unit was enlarged and modernized with the installation of a distillation column, new grinding mills and a steam engine.
The production volume can then meet the demand of Martinican consumers.
In 1950, La Mauny is experiencing rapid expansion, thanks to the marketing of its rums in screen-printed and labeled bottles.
La Mauny signs appear for the first time in cafes, hotels and restaurants on the island. The export starts.
In 1996 Maison La Mauny rums obtained the Martinique Controlled Appellation in 1996 (AOC label).
For more than 20 years Maison La Mauny has grown and its know-how has been recognized by consumers and juries of French and foreign experts who award it numerous awards for all of its products.
In 2014, Maison La Mauny creates the Association of Planters La Mauny. It is the first distillery to have set up an association aiming to highlight the work of sugar cane planters and to perpetuate the cane activity on the island.
In 2015 La Mauny reinvents itself by becoming Maison La Mauny. The brand is refocusing around its roots and its Martinican terroir. Proudly wearing the colors of Martinique, the range is reorganized and redeployed to highlight the unique know-how of the House.