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10 Cane
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Founded
2003
Region
Trinidad and Tobago
Status
Closed
Company
Production type
Blended Rum,
Pure Single Cane Juice Rum
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The 10 Cane distillery (sometimes referred to as Ten Cane) was a brief addition to the rum producing landscape of Trinidad, and was operational from 2003 until 2013. The project was owned by the French multinational, LVMH, however the day to day distilling and logistics were handled on its behalf by Angostura Ltd. Sadly, lack of demand for the product saw Angostura opt not to renew the contract in 2013 and 10 Cane production ceased.
The distillery was built within the the former sugar factory at Usine Ste Madeleine with permission from the recently defunct Caroni (1975) Ltd, who at the time had hoped it would provide new jobs to its former employees. It operated a French-made pot still imported to Trinidad by LVMH, which produced rum exclusively from fresh cane juice. Following the cessation of distilling in 2013, the sugar factory itself was demolished in 2020.
The 10 Cane brand was launched by LVMH in 2005. During the decade in which it was marketed, the product was a blend of 75% cane juice rum produced at the distillery and 25% molasses rum produced by Angostura at Trinidad Distillers. The name of the label apparently reflected the ten sugarcanes required to produce a single bottle of the rum.
Available as a single expression, 10 Cane was double-distilled on the distillery's pot stills and aged for six months in ex-cognac casks. When the distillery closed in 2013, the original plan was for production to be moved to Foursquare distillery on Barbados. Instead, the brand was discontinued in 2015.
2003-2015
Former brands
Blended Rum,
Pure Single Cane Juice Rum