Rhum Neisson: Martinique Family Excellence and the Heritage of the AOC

Founded in 1932 in the heart of the interwar period, Neisson rum is part of Martinique's history as one of the last family distilleries on the island. Founded on a twenty-hectare estate acquired by the Pamphile brothers, it owes its growth to Adrien, who launched distillation, and his brother Hildebert, alias Jean Neisson, a visionary chemist and creator of the import-export company intended to promote the family rum in Europe. In 1952, Jean Neisson forever marked the identity of the house by designing the famous "square-shouldered" bottle, which has become emblematic, and by installing a Savalle column that he improved himself to optimize distillation. After his death and that of his brother, the family succession continued with Claudine Neisson, Jean's daughter, who left her career as a biologist in the 1990s to relaunch and modernize the operation, while preserving the artisanal soul of the house. The uniqueness of Neisson lies in the total mastery of its raw material: the distillery cultivates its own varieties of non-hybrid cane – Cristaline, Rubanée and Malavoi – on nearly 40 hectares. These selections, integrated into the specifications of the AOC Martinique , give the rum a unique identity and a strong link with its terroir. Production remains voluntarily limited to approximately 400,000 liters per year, to guarantee impeccable quality, with 73% distillation on Jean Neisson's historic Savalle column. True to a know-how passed down through several generations and to the use of its own yeast strains from the local biotope, Neisson embodies an exceptional agricultural rum: precise, elegant and profoundly Martinican. From cane to glass, each step reflects the philosophy of a house where craftsmanship and family rigor meet the recognized excellence of the AOC.