Discover the Neisson distillery

◊ Within the estate, orchards cultivated according to the principles of organic farming are lush with avocado, finger lime, and soursop trees, in addition to 500 mango trees — some of which stand over 30 metres tall!

◊ Built from the scrap of old tools, sculptures by Martinique artist Toussaint—Boeuf Cannes, Coupeur de Canne, Coq de Combat, Hippocampe — lurk in the alleyways. A fresco of two seahorses, tails entwined, decorates the façade of one of the cellars. It was created by Philippe Baudelocque, who is also the illustrator behind the engravings adorning several Neisson labels.

◊ In the heart of the distillery, the lemon-yellow building houses the centrepiece of the estate: the imposing Savalle copper column installed in 1931. The distillery’s square chimney, which emerges on the hillside between the red gum-trees, is of the same vintage. Its flue follows the angle of the slope (45°) over a dozen metres or so, then bends vertically to stand five metres tall.

◊ The ballet of trumpetfish, redhorses, rock lobsters, and other endemic species populating the great aquarium between the vat room and cellars is an unexpected and potentially hypnotic interlude. The marine décor includes a Neisson cask, of course.

◊ The 225L fine-grain American oak casks, specially developed by the distillery with an exclusive toasting profile (no. 105), can be glimpsed when passing by the cellars. These cellars are named ‘Mainmain’ for Germain Neisson, ‘Vevert’— nickname of Jean Neisson — and ‘Adrien’… for Adrien Neisson.