TROIS RIVIERES - Triple vintage 2006 / 2014 / 2016 - 42%
The Plantation of Trois Rivières is an integral part of the historical heritage of Martinique . In 1660, Nicolas Fouquet, superintendent of King Louis XIV, granted himself 2,000 hectares of land located in the south of the island. In 1785, Etienne Isaïe Marraud Des Grottes, a wealthy landowner in the north of the island, acquired the land belonging to Trois Rivières and added the manufacture of rum to the existing sugar production. During the 18th and 19th centuries, the plantation specialized in sugar production; at the beginning of the 20th century, it began to manufacture Agricole rum which would eventually become its exclusive production from 1940. The Trois Rivières distillery was bought by the BBS company in 1994, already the owner of La Mauny rums. Two years later, Trois Rivières obtained the AOC label ( protected designation of Martinican origin ). To date, it is the only rum in the world to have a Protected Designation of Origin. Its emblematic name comes from the three rivers which border the hectares of sugar cane fields: Oman, Bois d'Inde and Saint Pierre.
The manufacturing process begins with sugar canes harvested in February when sugar levels are highest. They are cut and crushed in less than 24 hours then the vesou (cane juice) is transferred to open fermentation tanks for 24 to 30 hours. With yeast, cane juice is transformed into cane wine; this is then distilled in a Creole column still. The rums age in oak barrels (which never exceed 650 liters) for at least 3 years .
This extra-aged rum is a blend of three vintages: 2006, 2014 and 2016 . It was aged in American ex-Bourbon and French ex-Cognac oak barrels .
