Ferroni La Dame Jeanne 19 São Tomé is a rum made halfway between São Tomé and Marseille.
Sao Tomé is a small island in the archipelago that takes its name from Sao Tomé and Principe. It is an island state in Central Africa, located in the Gulf of Guinea off the coast of Gabon and Equatorial Guinea. Once colonized by the Portuguese, the islands are home to sugarcane plantations, which produce sugarcane brandies akin to rum.
It all starts with hand-picked canes of the São Tomé "Cariz" variety. They are then left to rest for 15 days before being pressed. This typically artisanal and local resting process is called "curtir".
Spontaneous fermentation lasts from 15 to 25 days. The first distillation run is then carried out on site in locally-made still jars.
After a trip to the Mediterranean, this rum is distilled a second time by Guillaume Ferroni. This second pass is carried out in a pot still heated over a wood fire.
The goal is to reach a higher degree of 57° in order to enter the house's Dame-Jeanne collection. Unsurprisingly, this pure juice rum benefits from a rest in Dame Jeanne in order to develop and refine its aromas.
