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TAKAMAKA BOUTIQUE WINERY

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4.4/5
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Open - from 09h00 to 17h00 Opening hours

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Plaine Bonnefin, Mare aux Vacoas, Pétrin, Mauritius
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2024
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2024

You can buy bottles and enjoy local cuisine made from fresh Mauritian products at Takamaka boutique

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.

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Visited in april 2024
Food was basic but the customer service was horrendous. The staff could not wait 10 more minutes before closing so we could wait for our ride and left us in the pouring rain. I would not recommend.
Visited in april 2024
Tolle Erfahrung. Wir kamen an einem regnerischen Tag und machten die geführte Weinführung (ca. 20 Minuten, sehr informativ uns nett) und das Wine-Tasting (4 Weine) für 350 RS. Einer der Lychee-Weine hat uns so gut geschmeckt, dass wir noch zwei Flaschen für jeweils 600 RS mit nach Hause nahmen. Zudem kann man noch weitere Artikel, wie etwa Marmalade erwerben.
Visited in march 2024
Drove here 1 hour for nothing. It was closed, nobody answered the phone. No weekend, no public holiday. Lack of interest for potential customers to close without updating the schedule.
Visited in february 2024
Nice and quiet place. Top crew and motivated. Good food.
Visited in january 2024
Great little experience with a wine tour and tasting. Lychee wine was delicious.
Not touristy and clinical like the Rum distillery down the road.
We much preferred this which was a much better experience and at much better prices

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