MONTEBELLO - Rhum Ambré - Cannonball R1963 - 63%
Montebello rum is an agricultural rum produced by the Carrère distillery in Petit-Bourg in Guadeloupe. The Carrère distillery is better known under the name of Montebello distillery, name of its rums since 1975 in reference to the name of the district where it is located. The distillery was founded in 1930 by the Dolomie family. Since December 2011, Grégory and Dominique Marsolle have been taking over the family business. In 2012, the distillery embarked on the path of recycling all of the "waste" resulting from the crushing of cane. It uses dry bagasse (cane residue) as fuel to produce the steam that runs the cane crushing presses. To make its rum, the Montebello distillery has the particularity of using only hand-harvested canes from the volcanic regions of Petit-Bourg, Goyave, Basse-Terre, Lamentin and Sainte-Rose. It is also one of the last distilleries in the Caribbean using steam engines.
Cannonball R1963 Ambré is the result of a collaboration between Montebello and Longueteau. The 63% is a blend of two “Brut de Colonne” (Cask Strength): a White Rum from the No.1 plot and an Amber Rum (R579) aged in oak barrels for almost 2 years. These two rums are made from the Canne Rouge variety of sugar cane. They are blended, brewed for 6 months then reduced.