Perfectly positioned between North and South America and flanked by the Pacific and Atlantic oceans, Guatemala is a land rich in biodiversity and varied ecosystems. It also happens to have volcanic enriched soil and an ideal climate for growing sugar cane, the raw material of Botran Premium rums.
The rums of Guatemala are also distinguished by their unique, high-altitude aging process in the highlands. The altitude and cooler temperature restrict evaporation so the rums may adopt their individual taste profiles. Making “high-rum” in this way is a unique art from that has been carefully conserved and enriched over the years.
For over six decades Botran has been crafting rums in this great guatemalan tradition. The Botran family’s uncompromising dedication to quality and superior taste is present in every step of the process, from the sugar cane fields through distillation, aging and to the final blending. We take pride not only in aging our rums, but also in truly nurturing them through a hands-on process.
A Protected Designation of Origin (PDO), is named after a region or geographical area and is used to describe, distinguish and protect a product based on their special characteristics derived essentially from the territory where it is made, considering natural factors, climate and human.
Thus, the PDO of guatemalan rum, which endorses the quality and characteristics of aged rums from Guatemala which are only possible thanks to the confluence of natural and human factors that exist in the country.
Managed by the Asociación Nacional de Fabricantes de Alcoholes y Licores (ANFAL), this registration gives a new value to the aged rums from Guatemala, placing them within the exclusive list of distinguished products with PDO, and protects them from imitations as specified from the geographical limitation and soil characteristics, varieties of cane, the production process of the virgin honey, fermentation, distillation and the climatic conditions under which aging should occur under the Solera System.