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Bielle Rhum Agricole Blanc

£30.00

100cl 59% abv

This rhum blanc is shipped at island strength and bottled by Combier in France. It has a fresh sugary nose and a full grassy palette with hints of vanilla, this is an ideal white rum to use is making cocktails.

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Bielle Rhum Vieux Hors d'Age

£44.00

50cl 42 % abv

Bielle Rhum Vieux Hors d'Age is an unfiltered rhum aged for seven years in oak casks. It is a truly outstanding expression of an aged rhum agricole and has a elegant and perfumed nose with hints of sugar cane, peach and banana. The palette is very smooth and spicy with ginger, vanilla and even hints of star anise. A must-try rhum for the aficionado!

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Bielle Rhum Agricole Blanc in a bag

£80.00

300cl, 500cl or 1000cl 50% abv

This will be new to some people, but for those of you in the know this is the only way to buy rum for parties! If you are familiar with wines in a box then this concept is easy. We supply three litres (that's the equivalent to over four 70cl bottles!) of 50% abv Bielle rhum agricole blanc in a stay fresh foil bag in a box. Just open the tap and draw what you need, ideal if you are mixing a big rum punch. This is exactly the same fine rum that is offered elseswhere in litre bottles. Also by buying in a bag you are saving on shipping costs!

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Distillerie Bielle

Distillerie Bielle is situated on the island of Marie-Galante, a one-hour boat journey from nearby Guadeloupe. It is the largest of the three distilleries located on the island (the others being Poisson and Bellevue) Its owner, Dominique Thiery, came to Marie-Galante from Marseille in the 1970s and commenced work as distiller. The distillery is steeped in tradition and the sugar cane fields are still ploughed by oxen! The distillery produces six rhums agricole, a cask-strength blanc at 59% abv, a paille at 50%, a Vieux Hors d'Age at 42% and a 1997 at 42% and a Brut de Fut 2003 at 59.8%.

Habitation St Etienne

The historic Habitation Saint-Etienne was purchased by the Hayot family, who were already owners of the Simon Distillery (one of the last eight distilleries still functioning in Martinique), in 1994. Their dream was to restore this 19th distillery and sugar cane plantation back to its former glory. The specialized 'creole-style' copper stills found there were moved to the Simon Distillery and restored after years of neglect and damage from hurricanes. The Habitation Saint-Etienne now serves for blending and aging fine 'agricole rhums,' perserving the style that gave Saint-Etienne its century-long reputation. It now produces 10% of the entire local market for white rhum and 15% for 'old' rhum. Their rhum blanc 'Cuvée de l'an 2000' was the first white rhum ever in the world to be proposed as a 'vintage' rhum. Their 'vieux' rhums continue to win medals and are among the best of their type. Liqueurs de France is proud to become their new UK distributor and offer a sample of their exceptional products to our customers who have come to appreciate our commitment to only the finest.

Distillerie Damoiseau

The Bellevue distillery, located on the eastern side of Guadeloupe, was purchased in 1942 by Roger Damoiseau and is now operated by his grandsons, Jean Luc and Evre Damoiseau. It is one of the larger distilleries in Guadeloupe. Although some of the cane processed at the distillery is still cut by hand from the surrounding fields, the rest is comes from all over the island.

The pressed juice is fermented for thirty-six hours before being distilled to about 72º in the single distillation column. After distillation, the rhum is either diluted to 50° for bottling or put in oak barrels for aging. Distillerie Damoiseau is one of the few distilleries in Guadeloupe that bottles rhum paille-rhum that has been aged less than the three years required to be called rhum vieux. Damoiseau Rhum Paille is aged one year and is smoother than the unaged rhum blanc. Damoiseau Rhum Vieux is aged five or six years before it is bottled at 45°. Liqueurs de France is also proud to sell the rare 15-year-old Damoiseau rhum.

Rhumerie JM

The Rhumerie JM, located in Macouba, was founded in 1790 as the Jean-Marie Martins sugar factory and the rum was made from molasses, a by-product of the sugar refining operation. A fall in the price of sugar led to a switch from sugar refining and rhum agricole became the principal product.

The cane juice is fermented for two days after which it is distilled in a single column copper still to a final strength of around 80% abv. The distillate intended for rhum blanc is rested in stainless steel tanks for around six months before dilution and bottling, whereas that intended to produce rhum paille is stored in 200-litre oak casks for one year. The straw coloured JM Rhum paille or Eleve Sous Bois is bottled at 50% abv. A few rhums are aged for longer periods such as the Reserve Speciale or single vintage rhums, which are kept for ten years in Amercian oak barrels.

Habitation Clément

Habitation Clément is situated in Francois, Martinique. Then known as Habitation Acajou, it was purchased by its founder, Homère Clément, in 1887 and remained in production for 100 years until was sold to the Bernard Hayot group in 1986 when it was renamed it Habitation Clément in honour of the family. The original creole plantation house no longer houses the distillery which was relocated to a larger distillery nearby due to increased demand.

Clemente rhums blanc are bottled at 50%, 55% and 62% abv. Various aged rhums are produced including two special cuvees, Charles Clement (aged for three to six years) and Homere (aged for six years).

La Mauny

Located at Riviere Pilote, this is the largest distillery in Martinique, and indeed in the French West Indies. The estate was founded in 1749 by the Comte de Mauny as a sugar plantation and production of rum only really became significant in 19th century. Today La Mauny produces 2 million litres of rhum agricole each year, of which 25% is retained for ageing.

The cane juice is fermented for 24 hours and the vessou is distilled in a copper column still to a final strength of around 70 % abv. The rhum blanc is stored in 50,000 litre old oak casks (to minimise the absorption of colour or flavour) for three months before being filtered and bottled at 50% or 55% abv. The rum for aging is stored in 250-litre oak barrels. The distillery produces a range of aged rhums; VO (aged for 18 months), VSOP (aged for 4 years), XO (aged for 10 years) as well as a number of single-vintage rhums.