Independent bottler
Emperor
Emperor is a Mauritian rum brand offering a range of blends created by assembling distillates from sugarcane juice (rhum agricole) and molasses. The line includes aged expressions, wine/fortified cask finishes, and white and spiced variants, some presented in gift packaging.
- Mauritius
- 4 products
The story
The Emperor brand is associated with the production of assembled rums in Mauritius, drawing on the island's historical heritage. Labels have been showcased at industry events and are distributed internationally through specialist distributors; commercial management and some product development activities are linked to the Lookout Beverages group.
Production philosophy
Balancing tradition and experimentation: combining distillates from cane juice and molasses, working with different maturation regimes and premium cask finishes to create rums with distinct, approachable personalities.
Territory
Mauritius
Awards and recognition
Appearances in international competitions: classifications and medals recorded on US Spirits Ratings (e.g. Emperor Heritage 92 points / Gold; Emperor Sherry Finish 90 points / Gold; Emperor Lily White 88 points / Silver; Emperor Private Collection 84 points / Silver).
Production method
Blending of Mauritian distillates obtained from both sugarcane juice and molasses; use of distillates produced on column stills and traditional pot stills; maturation in oak casks followed by additional finishing/aging in wine or fortified wine casks.
Distillation
Use of distillates from both column stills and traditional pot stills (pot still/charentais); subsequent blending of the various components.
Ageing
Maturation in French and American oak casks with additional finishing phases in wine or fortified wine casks (e.g. sherry, Sauternes, casks associated with cognac/Château Pape Clément); the range also includes limited-edition finishes and experimental aging.
Characteristics
- Type
- Independent bottler
- Categories
- rum
- Mauritian rum
- rum blends (agricole + molasses)
- aged rums and finishes
- spiced rum
- Raw materials
- sugarcane juice
- molasses
- Casks and ageing vessels
- French oak
- American oak
- sherry casks (Pedro Ximénez / Oloroso)
- Sauternes casks (e.g. Château Clos Haut-Péraguey)
- Château Pape Clément casks
- ex-cognac casks
- Representative products
- Emperor Finish Pape Clément - 70cl - Boxed
- Emperor Heritage - Agricole and Molasses Rum - 70cl - Boxed
- Emperor Jubilee Cognac Finish - 70cl - Boxed
- Emperor Lily White - 70cl - Boxed
- Emperor London Bridge Sauternes Finish - 70cl - Boxed
- Emperor Sherry Cask - Agricole and Molasses Rum - 70cl - Boxed
- Rhum Emperor Heritage - 70cl - Giftbox
- Emperor Private Collection (Château Pape Clément Finish)
What makes it distinctive
- Rum brand with production/distribution linked to Mauritius.
- Blends of distillates from sugarcane juice (rhum agricole) and molasses.
- Numerous expressions with premium cask finishes (Pape Clément, Sauternes, Sherry, Cognac).
- Lines that include aged white rums, spiced rums and limited editions (Private Collection, Deep Blue, etc.).
- Commercial and marketing presence partly managed via Lookout Beverages Group and European distributors.
- Presence in international competitions and ratings (medals and scores reported by evaluation bodies).
- Distributor also reports experiments such as underwater aging for some limited editions.