La Plantation au Gros Morne / Simonnet & Cie.
Rum labels
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HSE - l’Habitation Saint-Etienne, Gros Morne |
History
Produced from 1893.
Williams Pitters in Lormont is the distributor in metropolis (under the marks Pitterson and Saint-Etienne).
The St. Etienne distillery, located only a few kilometers from La Favorite, is closed. Now this label is distilled and bottled at La Favorite.
The second most popular [on Martinique] brand was 'La Favorite', made by Andre Dormoy at the Distillerie des Rhums Agricoles (DRA) at Fort-de-France, followed by 'St Etienne', made by Simonnet et Cie.
Sugar refinery was established in 1890's. One of owners was Amédée Aubéry. Then it was owned by André Simonnet.
In 1984 the Simonnet family sold distilelry to the Dormoy group.
In 1988 was distillery closed and production was moved to Lamentin.
When distillery Thibaut was in 1976 closed, St.Etienne remain the only distillery.
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Here are full texts from the labels
mq359: 50°; Rhum St. Etienne; Martinique; Simonnet et Cie, Gros Morne
mq340: Rhum Blamc Agricole; Saint-Etienne; Appelation d'Origine Controlee; 50; Jazz a la Martinique du 5 au 14 decembre 1997; Martinique; 50% vol; Appelation d'Origine Controlee; Mis en bouteille a La l'Habitation Saint-Etienne, le Gros Morne; 100 cl
mq290: Rhum Saint-Etienne; Rhum vieux agricole; 5 cl; Mise en bouteille a La Plantation au Gros Morne Martinique; 45% alc/vol; Grand rhum de tradition, ST-ETIENNE doit a ses cannes fraichement coupees et au respect des plus nobles procedes de distillation, son arome incomparable, sa saveur inimitable
mq85: Rhum Saint-Etienne; grand rhum agricole; 100 cl; Mise en bouteille a La Plantation au gros morne Martinique; 50% alc/vol; Grand rhum de tradition, ST-ETIENNE doit a ses cannes fraichement coupees et au respect des plus nobles procedes de distillation, son arome incomparable, sa saveur inimitable
mq203: Rhum Saint-Etienne; Grand Rhum Agricole; 100 cl; Distille a la plantation au gros morne Martinique; 50% alc./vol.; Grand rhum de tradition, St-Etienne doit a ses cannes fraichement coupees et au respect des plus nobles procedes de distillation, son arome incomparable, sa saveur inimitable.
mq205: Rhum Saint-Etienne; Grand Rhum Agricole; 100 cl; Mise en bouteille a la plantation au gros morne Martinique; 55% alc./vol.; Grand rhum de tradition, St-Etienne doit a ses cannes fraichement coupees et au respect des plus nobles procedes de distillation, son arome incomparable, sa saveur inimitable.
mq204: Rhum Saint-Etienne; Rhum Paille Agricole; 100 cl; Mise en bouteille a la plantation au gros morne Martinique; 55% alc./vol.; Muri en foudre de chêne ce rhum doit a ses cannes fraichement coupees et au respect des plus nobles procedes de distillation, son arome incomparable, sa saveur inimitable.