AN EXCEPTIONAL OLD RUM A very beautiful bottle! Old agricultural rum CLEMENT 1931 - 6 years old Colonial Exhibition of 1931 - 70 cl - 44° Exceptional state of conservation: Level (good) and labels readible and well preserved. This old rum CLEMENT 70 CL 44° six years OUT OF COMPETITION member of the PARIS COLONIAL EXHIBITION jury 1931 has aged for many years in oak barrels in the cellars of the distillery at the L'ACAJOU estate in François. An exceptional vintage old rum from the renowned CLEMENT distillery in MARTINIQUE. Beautiful label (small wear / see photos) and back label in perfect condition. - Old Agricultural Rum - Martinique: Appellation d’Origine Contrôlée (AOC) - Volume: 70 cl - 44% vol. - Amber color - Intact capsule - Beautiful labels (very minor wear) (see photos) - Level: Bottleneck base - Distillery: Clément au François (Martinique) - Distilled in a Creole column from pure cane juice - Tropical Aging - Bottled end 1930s - Stored very properly - Photos worth and complete the description ____________________________________________________________ History of the Clément distillery On April 19, 1887, businessman Homère Clément, also the first mixed-race doctor in Martinique, purchased the Acajou estate at auction. He settled with his family in the main house and became a planter, delivering his sugar cane to the François factory for 30 years. In 1917, driven by the war effort, Homere Clément built a distillery on the Acajou estate. Indeed, during the First World War, the authorities encouraged the production of rum. The “Rhum Acajou” brand was created in 1930 and the company distinguished itself by bottling its own rums, although at that time the vast majority of the rum produced was sent in bulk to merchants in mainland France...