In the cool, humid hills of Martinique, in the shade of the high winds, the cane buds that will give birth to La Favorite Exploration n°8. The raw material is pure cane juice – vesou – picked during the 2021 harvest. Grown on the family estate, this cane embodies a living and ancestral terroir. Habitation La Favorite, still owned by the Dormoy family, draws on centuries-old traditions, volcanic soils and sea breezes, to produce a rich, vegetal cane juice, carrying the typical notes of an AOC agricultural rum.
Distillation is carried out using the so-called agricultural method, with a Creole column, respecting the traditional balances of the distillery. The resulting heart is clear, concentrated, taut, and already laden with the promise of wood and spices that will emerge later under the effect of aging.
Then comes the third act: aging for three full years in 10 ex-Cognac barrels, carefully selected at the Navarre cooperage. These barrels, which once contained Cognac brandy, convey their nobility: their woodiness, their tannins, their fruity sweetness, as well as the complexity of French oak. The rum's tropical stay in these barrels adds warmth, humidity, and diurnal oscillations—all the elements that shape the breath of wood, the angel's share, the slow exchange between liquid and air.
The label is designed in an eco-responsible, recycled material, containing 95% sugar cane fibers, as if to remind us that every detail, even that of the container, reflects the essence of this rum.
These are the links in a carefully woven chain: from earth to bottle, from cane to barrel, from fermentation to final blend.
