Wines and spirits Mauritius

Chamarel rums are among the finest in Mauritius. Their history is linked to that of the Couacaud family, who, in 2008, built a distillery to produce cane juice rum (agricultural type), whose production is controlled from A to Z: from cultivation to the final bottle. Part of the brut rum is aged in French Limousin oak barrels to produce Rhum Ambré (18 months), VSOP (4 years), XO (6 years), vieux rhum (10 years) and a few vintages carefully selected by the cellar master.

Made from pure sugarcane juice, Labourdonnais rums are first pressed using a manufacturing process that combines traditional methods with more modern techniques to produce a quality finished product. 4 ranges have been developed: Classique (white and amber rums); Prestige (old rums); Liqueur (qualitative, based on fresh fruit from the estate); Artisanal (rhums arrangés). To take home, Raph: old rum in a ceramic bottle bearing the effigy of the Dodo!

Pioneer of distillation in Mauritius and the largest producer on the island, Grays is at the origin of New Grove rum. The latter is the result of a rich heritage that dates back to the time of Mahé de La Bourdonnais and the construction of the first sugar mill on the island in 1739, to which the first distillery was attached in 1742 on the Villebague estate. The plantation belongs to Grays, which produces a 100% natural rum, honored in 2021 by the highest award, that of the best rum in the world for the fifty year old Emotion-Single Estate .