LA FAVORITE - Cuvée Privilège LuLu - Batch 2 - Edition 2020 - 41.3%
La Favorite is one of the last independent distilleries in Martinique 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 made 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 1938s. It would not resume production until André, his younger brother, took it over to renovate it completely in 1956.
Today, La Favorite produces sugar cane on 60 hectares and is also supplied by small local producers, it still works entirely using a steam engine built in 1906. Le vesou (wine made from cane sugar), obtained from long-fermented cane juice (up to 72 hours), is distilled in 2 Creole column stills, one of which is entirely made of copper and has been operating since 1957 and the other, more modern, dating from 1986.
The Cuvée Privilège pour Lulu pays homage to Lucienne Dormoy, mother of the current owners of the distillery. This special cuvée was created in 2018 and is the result of a blend of 5 vintages: 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002 and 2008. After 18 months of aging in oak casks, a second batch bottled in 2020 was released on the market. This premium old rum is bottled 41.3% “brut de foudre” (cask strength) and produced 3,600 bottles.
