TAKAMAKA BOUTIQUE WINERY

Le Petit Futé likes passionate people. This is the case of Alexander Oxenham whose ancestors, without growing vines (neither the climate nor the soil of Mauritius are suitable), tried to make beverages from raisins and grape must. This did not produce anything unforgettable but it awakened in the young Alexander a passion for the profession of oenologist. After 5 years of study in France and the grace of this transmission, Alexander, rather than copying his elders, decided to produce a 100% local wine from local products. The lychee wine was born.

If the fruit is worked here frozen in order to simplify the manufacturing process while allowing the cells to release their aromas, the steps are, for the rest, similar to those of the manufacturing of a wine based on grapes: picking, peeling and stoning by hand, fermentation in stainless steel or copper vats and then in oak barrels, clarification and bottling - so many processes explained during the visit that lasts about 30 minutes. The latter is worth as much for the passion of Alexander and/or his team as for the place itself, rather modest in size but not in quality, as the final product is surprising and successful.

Five wines are available for sale and tasting: Aquarel (semi-dry white), Apérichy (rosé), Eclipse (more opulent semi-dry), Icône (sweet wine), Tanara (dry white). You can buy bottles and have lunch on the spot of good fresh and tasty dishes of the Mauritian soil.