In Loire-Authion near Angers, La Marque Noire is not a rum distillery in the strict sense: it is an artisan rum workshop specialising in infused rums, open for visits by reservation. The base rum comes from La Réunion; the genuine local expertise lies in maceration, working with fruit and spices, blending and bottling carried out in the Anjou workshop.
What do you see during the visit?
The visit provides access to the workshop where the different recipes are prepared. La Marque Noire uses maceration in barrels, then blends several preparations to seek a precise balance between fruit, spice and rum.
One house speciality is to press the fruit slowly after maceration to recover its natural sugars and reincorporate them into the blends. Filtration, bottling and labelling follow, all carried out in Loire-Authion.
The speciality
The recipes combine a traditional PGI rum from La Réunion with ingredients selected from producers: vanilla, roasted buckwheat, ginger, saffron, coffee, tonka bean, cardamom or Sichuan pepper, depending on the cuvée. The house claims an approach close to cooking in the construction of its aromatic balances.
Good to know before you visit
In 2026, visits to the rum workshop are available by reservation during opening hours. A booking can be requested directly by telephone or through the link provided by La Marque Noire. The workshop is at 6 allée Newton, 49800 Loire-Authion.
What to know before choosing
You do not come here to see a still producing rum: La Marque Noire does not distil the base rum in Anjou. The interest of the visit lies elsewhere, in the maceration, pressing, blending and bottling work. This is precisely what distinguishes this rum workshop from a conventional distillery.
A little something extra
The name ‘La Marque Noire’ comes from Robert Louis Stevenson’s Treasure Island. This reference to the world of pirates provides a common thread for the brand’s identity and several cuvée names.
