Neisson Rhum 2018/2025 - 6 y.o. - XO Full Proof no253 Chai Mainmain La Maison

Volume: 0.7 litres | Alcohol content: 59.4% | Chill filtration: No | Colouring: No

Special Features:

A new American oak cask and the warm, humid Mainmain warehouse shape this XO from Neisson. The 2018 vintage Rhum Agricole matured there for more than six years. The cask underwent intensive heat treatment, giving the rum pronounced vanilla notes. Tropical maturation conditions encourage interaction between the wood and the spirit; in this release, cocoa, pepper and exotic fruit provide a counterpoint to the vanilla character. Cloves add to the spice. The rum is powerful and lingers for a long time.

For the La Maison edition, the rum from cask no. 253 was bottled as a single-cask release. Bottled in 2025, the release comprises 242 bottles of 0.7 litres each and retains its undiluted cask strength of 59.4%. The rum is neither chill-filtered nor coloured. On the palate, its spicy, fruity flavours are accompanied by a rounded mouthfeel.

Tasting Notes:

• Nose: Vanilla meets spice notes on the nose.
• Palate: Cocoa, pepper and exotic fruits come together on the palate. The mouthfeel is rounded.
• Finish: The finish is rich, with woody notes.

Distillery/Bottler:

Neisson began on the Thieubert estate in Le Carbet, Martinique. Adrien Neisson first bought 20 hectares of land there in 1931 and planted sugar cane; the distillery he built with his brother was officially founded in 1932. His brother Jean, a trained chemical engineer, made key technical contributions. He developed slow fermentation using yeasts from their own sugar cane plants and later modified the plates and settings of the distillation column. In 1995, his daughter Claudine Neisson Vernant and his grandson Grégory Vernant took over responsibility for the family business.

The distillery turns sugar cane juice into Rhum Agricole and continues to use its own yeasts. In its current production process, fermentation lasts between 72 and 120 hours. The fermented juice is then continuously distilled in an all-copper Savalle column that has been in operation since 1952. Each year, the column is dismantled, inspected and reassembled for maintenance. Neisson bottles its entire production on site. These methods provide the foundation for its single-cask editions, in which the choice of cask and maturation location further shape the aged rum.

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