GWADININA FWI DISTILLERY

Because of its 100% artisanal methods, the visit of this family distillery, which celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2022, is particularly interesting to understand the making of rum from A to Z. Randgy Oujagir, cellar master and founder of Gwadinina FWI, or one of his collaborators, invites you to discover their know-how. It all starts with an explanation of the presence of horses, cows and goats that feed on the cane and whose manure is then used for the crops. You will learn, among other things, that the canes are cut by hand, that they are cleaned with rainwater collected in a tank, how the cane is crushed, that no chemical products or yeast are added. Everything is studied to obtain a range of rums, certainly on a small scale, but of an excellent quality and rounder in the mouth. The barrels used for the ageing of the rums are used only once in order to obtain the best aromas. At the end of the visit, you will discover that the bottling and labeling are also done manually. Each visitor has the opportunity to participate in different stages of the rum making process, as all the machines are adapted to manual use. Then you are invited to taste the rums in the store. The distillery offers its first vintage called Black Edition, a rum that has aged for ten years in barrels burned inside.