Origenes Reserva Especial Rum Don Pancho 40%

Description

Origenes Reserva Especial Rum is an 18 year old premium Panamanian rum handcrafted by master distiller and blender Francisco ‘Don Pancho’ Fernandez. Don Pancho is originally from Cuba and has had a hand in creating some of the finest handcrafted rums for the last 50 years and worked for notable rum producers including Matusalem and Havana Club in Cuba. On leaving Cuba he went to work for Varela Hermanos in Panama who are most famous for Abuelo Rum. He has also recently been involved in creating Ron de Jeremy with “adult actor” Ron Jeremy.

The Origenes range is the result of his most recent project. Don Pancho found an old disused distillery a few miles from the Valera Brothers distillery in Las Cabras de Pese, Herrera. After extensive renovation it now has a state of the art distillation facility which is amongst the best in the world. In conjunction with his old friend and colleague from Varela Hermanos, Carlos Esquival, he is aiming to produce some of the very best premium rums. This is Don Pancho’s only true range of signature rums. There is a 30, 18 and 8 year old rum in the range. Origenes Reserva Especial Rum is a blend of rums sourced from only the finest 18 year old barrels of rum from Don Pancho’s private collection. The youngest rum in the blend is 18 years old aged selected American uncharred oak casks, but there are older rums in the blend too. It shows a maturity and depth of character well beyond its years and compares favourably to many older rums.