{"id":3786,"date":"2019-11-19T13:59:26","date_gmt":"2019-11-19T13:59:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rhum-damoiseau.com\/notre-histoire\/"},"modified":"2021-11-22T15:15:11","modified_gmt":"2021-11-22T15:15:11","slug":"our-history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/rhum-damoiseau.com\/en\/our-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Our History"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row type=”full_width_background” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” bg_image=”306″ bg_position=”center bottom” background_image_loading=”default” bg_repeat=”no-repeat” scene_position=”center” bottom_padding=”100″ text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” class=”notre-histoire-header-background” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_spacing=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_row_inner column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” text_align=”center” class=”notre-histoire-introduction”][vc_column_inner column_padding=”padding-5-percent” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_spacing=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][heading subtitle=”Our roots and those of our sugar cane”]\n

History of Damoiseau<\/h1>\n[\/heading][vc_column_text]\n

In 1942, Roger Damoiseau senior \u2013 a former engineering graduate of the Institut Electrotechnique de Grenoble and the Institut Catholique d\u2019Arts et M\u00e9tiers \u2013 decided to purchase the Bellevue estate, which was derelict up to that point, but this came at the price of a heavy debt. The company resumed its business of producing sugar, making sweets and jams. Subsequently, rum would soon become the main focus of production.<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]\n

In 1968, Roger Damoiseau junior took over from his father and continued to develop the family business to the point of being able to pay off the company’s debt through bulk rum sales. His sons then began to work with him, helping him to make the distillery a successful business.<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]\n

It was in 1995 that Roger handed over to Herv\u00e9 Damoiseau who became the chairman, his brother Jean-Luc handling production. In 1978, Jean-Luc became a master distiller, and since then, their sister Sandrine Damoiseau has been promoting the brand through events.<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text el_class=”texte-bleu-56aee9″]\n

The sunny microclimate and naturally lime-rich soil \u2013 which promote sugar cane growth \u2013 are the Damoiseau distillery\u2019s strengths. These advantages mean fully mature crops for the only distillery in Grande-Terre.<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” text_align=”center” class=”block-notre-histoire”][vc_column_inner column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_spacing=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][heading subtitle=”Interview with Jean-Luc Damoiseau”]\n

Our history<\/h2>\n[\/heading][heading]\n

Master distiller & managing director of Rhums Damoiseau<\/h3>\n[\/heading][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”full_width_background” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” bg_image=”355″ bg_position=”center top” background_image_loading=”default” bg_repeat=”no-repeat” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” class=”block-histoire-paragraphes” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_spacing=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_row_inner column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” text_align=”left” class=”portrait-tableau”][vc_column_inner column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_spacing=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/2″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][image_with_animation image_url=”339″ animation=”Fade In” hover_animation=”none” alignment=”right” border_radius=”none” box_shadow=”none” image_loading=”default” max_width=”100%” max_width_mobile=”default”][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner column_padding=”padding-4-percent” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”top-bottom” column_element_spacing=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/2″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text el_class=”font-family-montserrat font-weight-bold font-size-24 color-blue-111d5d”]What changes in equipment at the distillery characterised the stages of Rhums Damoiseau?[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text el_class=”font-family-crimson font-size-18 color-black font-style-italic”]\n

When I started out, the cane yard had a dirt floor, and we would just weigh the carts. We would get through around 50 tonnes per day when the weather was fine. The cane conveyor was underground, to be tipped manually. There were two mills powered by a steam engine, Burton juice pumps (also steam-driven), very old-world\u2026 but that generation worked hard and did not lack courage.<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_raw_html]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[\/vc_raw_html][vc_row_inner column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” top_padding=”4%” text_align=”left”][vc_column_inner column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_spacing=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/2″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text el_class=”font-family-crimson font-size-18 color-black font-style-italic”]\n

The Babcock boiler was installed by Roger senior (aka \u2018Papa Roger\u2019) who had bought it second-hand from EDF (before Spedeg) and dismantled it at the Baie-Mahault power plant. You needed muscles back then, because as the moisture content of bagasse is not high enough, we had to burn over two tonnes of wood a day to have enough steam for the mills and distillation.<\/p>\n

Bottling was done manually. Faber would fill and cap, and Fifille would stick the labels on. We would average 100 to 110 12-bottle racks per day. 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Micro\u00a0distilleries closed one after the other. In Morne-\u00e0-l\u2019Eau, there were two \u2013 one in Sainte-Anne, one in Bragelone \u2013 and others. Factories were having a clear-out too, as reforms at the time called for a maximum of one or two units. 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Fortunately, my father was there to help me (he even picked up the bottles that hadn\u2019t broken in the aftermath of the disaster). I handled the distillery and he the warehouses and storage. The bottling shed had lost its roofing; we salvaged the twisted metal all around us to repair it, then got it operational again. 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In 1992, we installed a new boiler and mill (bought second-hand from Longueteau). 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The first one: down below, Speichim<\/span> and up top, Roger<\/span>.
\nThe second one Im\u00e9ca<\/span>, with the plans by engineer Pierre Olivier Cogat.
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What do you consider to be the biggest technical development in terms of production?<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text el_class=”font-family-crimson font-size-18 color-black font-style-italic”]\n

It\u2019s a combination \u2013 technology knows no bounds;
\nI realise that I’m rather outdated
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What things would you like to implement
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What remains to be done is a question of automation.
\nAll sectors are automated, but if we put our heads together, we could do better.
\nA more efficient bottle filler and a quality ageing cellar,
\nbecause we have fallen behind in this area,
\nlike the majority of our fellow Guadeloupeans.
\nI hope to leave my family with a facility they will all be proud to be a part of, because there is still a long way to go…<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”full_width_background” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” bottom_padding=”4%” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” class=”page-histoire-leaf-background” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_spacing=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_row_inner column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” top_padding=”4%” text_align=”left”][vc_column_inner column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_spacing=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][image_with_animation image_url=”507″ animation=”Fade In” hover_animation=”none” alignment=”center” border_radius=”none” box_shadow=”none” image_loading=”default” max_width=”100%” max_width_mobile=”default”][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” text_align=”left”][vc_column_inner column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_spacing=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text el_class=”font-family-montserrat font-weight-bold font-size-24 color-blue-111d5d”]\n

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Roger Damoiseau senior bought the distillery (in Rue Achille Ren\u00e9 Boisneuf) without a penny to his name, and his notary public friend Mr Thionville helped him. He set up the bare essentials \u2013 a boiler, the mills and storage.
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