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DISTILLERIE LA FAVORITE

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D13 - ancienne route du Lamentin, 97232The Lamentin, Martinique
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2024
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2024

La Favorite is one of the island's last two family-run distilleries, and the last to still operate the traditional steam engine! In 2022, the distillery celebrated its 180th harvest, bringing out a whole new range of original cuvées! Set amidst sixty-two hectares of sugar cane, the emblematic distillery, founded in 1842, produces around 500,000 liters of pure cane juice rum every year between February and June, using traditional, artisanal methods and its 1906 steam engine. Our white rums (Rivière Bel Air, Digue...), aged rums (the famous Flibuste, Réserve du Château or Privilège pour Lulu) and "hors d'âge" rums, which regularly win awards at national and international tasting competitions, delight the palates of connoisseurs the world over.

The distillery is open to the public, so you can stroll around at your leisure, meet the farm workers on site, and discover the secrets behind the crafting of this agricultural rum in the purest tradition. Here, the cane is still cut by hand, and crushed using the energy produced by the original steam engines. The visit, which we highly recommend if you're a lover of authenticity, ends with the tasting room and the boutique dedicated to the sale of these exceptional rums. The history of the estate and its owners is presented. Prepare to be drawn in by the scent of vanilla, roasted coffee and rum, while the sound of the machines will take you back 100 years.

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Philou42350
Visited in august 2019
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Nous sommes passés visiter la Favorite en fin d'après-midi juste avant la fermeture.La personne qui nous a fait decouvrir les differents rhums de la plantation a quand même pris son temps.
Nous avons visité plusieurs distilleries et celle si reste ma "Favorite"????
Vigemi
Visited in may 2018
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Merveilleux endroit : un saut dans le temps
Contrairement aux avis pour le moins curieux que je lis ici et là , recadrons d'emblée! Ce retour dans le temps dans une distillerie d’un autre âge est justement tout l’intérêt de cet endroit et on se rend bien compte du travail accompli pour obtenir un rhum de qualité : pour ceux qui apprécient l’authentique : à voir absolument.
lolone57
Visited in november 2018
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Certainement la distillerie la plus mal entretenue de l’île, mais que ses rhum sont bon, on sent le savoir faire et l’accès dans cet installation d'un autre age n'est rien d'autre qu'un musée en fonctionnement.
gwadaboy
Visited in march 2016
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Une distillerie restée "dans son jus". Peu d'aménagements touristiques. Aspect globalement peu engageant et vieillot. Contrairement à d'autres, le rhum est ici produit sur place. On observe de près les opérations de production en saison. Bien faire attention quand même à où poser ses pieds et poser ses mains.... Je conseille en définitive de privilégier une autre distillerie surtout s'il s'agit de déguster.

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