Ferdinand Poulain, Count de Mauny, a nobleman from Brittany and Councilor of the Court of Appeal of the King of France, arrived in Martinique in 1749. He married the daughter of a planter who owned a sugar estate located in Rivière Pilote, on the southern part of the island of Martinique. This property became the La Mauny domain. In addition to sugar production, they also produced Tafia, a precursor of rum. 1996 until today: la Mauny rum obtained the protected designation of origin, "Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée"(AOC) in 1996. La Mauny has continued to grow for almost twenty years, and its expertise is recognized by consumers as well as by juries of French and foreign experts, who have awarded it a number of prizes for its white and dark rums.