Bologne is the oldest distillery in Guadeloupe. It is named after a family of Dutch settlers who had been chased out of Brazil by the Spanish and Portuguese. After a failed attempt to set up in Martinique, the Bolognes finally found refuge in Guadeloupe, where they established their estate and distillery in Basse-Terre. At the end of the 19th century, as sugar production began to wane, its focus turned to rum. Bologne was bought by Louis Sargenton-Callard in 1930. For a long time, the distillery only produced white rum and it was not until 2008 that it began producing aged rum, under the guidance of the new cellar master Frédéric David.

An old bottle of the Guadeloupe rhum agricole Bologne Spécial Topaze. We estimate this bottle to be from the 1970s.