THERE´S A REASON BEHIND OUR NAME

THE DISCOVERY

A discovery is finding something that was previously unknown. One of the best known of this pastime was Christopher Columbus who in 1492 discovered America, although technically it was Rodrigo de Triana, the lookout aboard the Pinta who coined the famous phrase .
 The story goes that none of this would have happened if Columbus had not first seen a flock of birds, namely Dominican Parrots, heading for land, but who discovered whom, Columbus the parrots, or the parrots Columbus? What we do know is that they arrived in a land so difficult to pronounce that they renamed it Hispaniola, also known as the

República Dominicana.

The notary Fernando Mora made a great discovery on his leisure trip to the Dominican Republic. He “unwittingly” brought some anonymous bottles of rum back to Spain as a gift and as a souvenir of the flavours he had tasted and enjoyed there. Given that these first bottles arrived in our country without passing the legal customs controls, in recognition of this fact, they were given the name of

CONTRABANDO

to the import of this rum, already legally, by Luis Caballero S.A.

RON CONTRABANDO
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ELABORATION

Ron Contrabando is produced by the renowned Oliver&Oliver house. Founded in the mid-19th century in Cuba by the Mallorcan Juanillo Oliver, of Spanish origin.

He later settled in the Dominican Republic where his descendants continued the rum making tradition.
With a long history and recognised international prestige in the production of high quality rums thanks to its mother rums and their long ageing, it combines the family’s original formulas with the most modern and elegant ones from the República Dominicana.

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Artisanal distilled spirit from the purest sugar cane honeys, it is aged by the solera system in American and French oak casks that have previously contained cognac, bourbon or sherry. An authentic dark rum from the Republica Dominicana.

It stands out for its soft aroma of vanilla, fresh coconut and tropical fruits in perfect harmony with the toasted and balsamic notes from its long ageing in American and French oak barrels.

Awarded the double gold medal (top award) at the II Congreso Internacional de Ron de Madrid 2014, in the category of 5-year-old rums.In 2013 it won first prize in the international competition.