Barbancourt 5 Star Reserve Especiale 8-Year Rum is produced from fermented sugar cane juice rather than molasses. The sugar cane juice is double distilled and aged for eight years in limousine oak barrels.

Dupré Barbancourt created the Barbancourt rum recipe in 1862 in Haiti, where the rum is still produced today. A French national, Barbancourt incorporated traditional French methods including double distillation in the process. Barbancourt is a rum produced and bottled in Haiti by Société du Rhum.Barbancourt, T. Gardère & Cie. The company is one of Haiti's oldest, its rum is one of the country's most famous exports, widely regarded as among the finest rums in the world.