HSE "RAGTIME" - Martinique Rhum Agricole AOC

• Country: Martinique
• Format: 0.7 L
• Aromas:Cinnamon, Dried fruit, Vanilla
• Alcohol content: 40 %

Habitation Saint-Étienne was established near La Maugée. The latter was a sugar refinery whose land extended over 400 hectares in the early 19th century, from Gros-Morne to Saint-Joseph. The architectural complex, consisting of the mansion and the former workers' cabins, bears witness to Martinique's specific housing system.

In 1882, Saint-Étienne was purchased by Amédée Aubéry, who transformed the sugar refinery into a distillery. In 1909, the property passed into the hands of the Simonnet family, who developed the distillery until its decline in the late 1980s. The property was acquired in 1994 by Yves and José Hayot, who relaunched Saint-Étienne. Today, Habitation Saint-Étienne is included in the list of Historic Monuments. The distillery is one of the last and most beautiful examples of Martinique's 19th-century industrial architecture. Currently, distillation takes place at the Simon distillery, also part of the Hayot group, using its own Creole column still.

An amber agricultural rum from Martinique, this Ragtime HSE rum is aged in traditional oak barrels. Its name Ragtime comes from an Afro-American musical current that emerged in 1900. This rum reveals a very beautiful aromatic power on the nose. It can be enjoyed neat or with an ice cube.