Mana’o Rhum - Premier Rhum pur jus de canne distillé et embouteillé à TahitiMana’o Tahiti cane is harvested by hand in the morning in cooler temperatures and then transferred directly to the mill.
Expertise
Mana’o is a ‘first press’, a pure sugar cane rum, meaning it is obtained by crushing sugar cane in a single operation. The juice acquired is fermented on site before being distilled in Tahiti. Today only one 50° white rum is available, but a quantity of the production is already ageing in French oak barrels in order to produce aged dark rums for the years to come.
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The harvest
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The crushing process
6 octobre 2015, par WebmasterThe cane is first selected and cut before being crushed in a single operation without the addition of water. The cane juice is then filtered and stocked in a fermentation vat.
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Fermentation
6 octobre 2015, par WebmasterOne of the important stages consists in mixing organic yeast with sugar cane juice to initiate the transformation process of sugars to alcohol. 48 hours later a sugar cane wine with a 5% alcohol content is obtained.
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Distillery
6 octobre 2015, par WebmasterThe sugar cane wine is then sent by schooner to Paea to be distilled in a discontinuous pot still. Only the ‘cœur de chauffe’ or ‘heart’ is retained. The rum then has more than 89° alcohol content and is gradually reduced thus guaranteeing an aroma of optimum quality.
