The exceptional Père Labat Rhum Agricole is finally available in California! Distilled on the small island of Marie-Galante, the estate's sugarcane fields, distillery and warehouses sit on a pristine 1,300-acre estate. Distillerie Poisson, built in 1916, is the oldest on the island and has one of the Caribbean's oldest stills. Not much has changed here in the last 100 years, but in 2007 Guadeloupe native Jean-Cedric Brot purchased the distillery and committed to reinvigorating the storied brands that made it famous. The estate has distilled rhum since the early 1900s and still uses only locally grown sugarcane varieties native to the island. Rhum agricole is produced from fresh-pressed sugarcane juice rather than molasses and is highly regulated for quality by the French government. Four kinds of cane are used: red, white, blue, and gray. All cane is hand cut and brought to the distillery by ox-drawn carts. 72 hour fermentation yields a vin de canne at 5% abv. Distillation takes place in one of two copper Creole column stills which have 11 stripping plates and 4 rectifying/enriching plates. The spirit comes off the still between 69% and 71% abv. Rhum blanc is placed in open top wooden foudres for 10-15 days and demineralized water is added to bring it down to proof.