Mana'o is a pure organic cane juice rum from French Polynesia.
It's made from the ancestral Otahiti variety of cane, considered one of the world's best, and in fact the main cane grown worldwide in the 19th century before its decline in the face of more profitable hybrid sugar cane.
The cane is fermented close to where it is harvested, i.e. on the Toahotu plateau (Tahiti's peninsula) or on Taha'a, an island opposite the Bora Bora lagoon.
The mash is then transported to Tahiti for distillation in a discontinuous still. On leaving the still, the rum is 89°. It is then slowly reduced to avoid "breaking" the aromas.
This is a tasting rum to be drunk as is.
Laurent's tasting notes
Its color is translucent.
On the nose, Mana'o gives us the impression of having a sugar cane in front of us, with its fruity, vegetal and gourmand side. While the primary aroma is of course fresh cane juice, there's none of the great freshness found in other white agricultural tasting rums. This is more than made up for by the secondary aromas of pepper, flowers and an organic feel.
On the palate, the alcohol is present but well balanced. Here, the freshness appears on a citrus register and we have a very different profile from the nose. Pepper is still present and even becomes spicy, while fresh cane, very slightly sweet, takes us far away.
The finish is long, even if its intensity drops fairly quickly. Pepper makes an appearance, while the citrus continues to build in strength.
"Tahiti offers us here a white rum pure cane juice of great quality, enough to make us want to see what this archipelago will have to offer us in the years to come..."
Pascal BOURHIS
Too good, too expensive.
Alexander Berners
It's a good white rum.
Olivier
Very good!
stephane zobel
Exceptional rum
gete
Without doubt the best white rum I've ever tasted. Delicate, aromatic and balanced. Truly superb.
Christophe de KERMEL
A wonderful discovery of other terroirs, nothing to envy the classics of our West Indies.
Jean-Marc laroche
impeccable as a shooter
Catherine Picavet
Very fruity and very smooth for a white rum discovered in Bora Bora I am very happy to find it at Rhum attitude 🤗
Hamid Abdallah
very good rum
Andrée PROUST
We personally know the makers of manao, an exceptional taste unlike any other rum. Award of excellence for us
Dominique HAMON
a good white rum but I prefer Rangiora from the same producer