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The Men’s Share

World Citizens

OFFRIAN was born from travelling encounters. 4 men from different horizons who offered their time, skills and cultures to a common dream.

“1997, I met Marc in high school and we follow each other since, at the time I’m already a great rum-fan. It’s in 2012 after 15 years of friendship and a common passion for international discovery and fair trade that we launch our export-group of Loire-valley winemakers named France Overseas. We started to travel the world to share and extend our Loire culture and develop our world citizen identity.” Jordan

“Initially it is our love for our Loire culture and the Fair-Trade concept that made us group those family-owned small wineries to travel the world.”

Jordan

Marc

“2012, December 30th, just arrived for a 1-year-trip in south-America to Promote our Loire Valley wines and culture. In Venezuela I met Arturo, Sales Director for a local brand of rum he helped me a lot to understand the market of wines and spirits. A good and generous man. After a while we became close friends. He proposed us to enter is promising project of brand building for a premium rum. With such a «Padre» we quickly decide to go on board.” Marc.

“It is my passion for traveling and my dedication to Latin America that led us in this area of the planet.”

“2013, I met Don Pancho at the Miami RumFest for the 1st time, i was representing rums of Venezuela. He was the most respected Master-Blender in the place and everyone wanted to talk with him. A year after we met again at the Berlin RumFest and I presented him our rum-project. Seduced by the energy he agreed to accompany us and OFFRIAN RUM was born.” Arturo

“A captivating and atypical team energy that allowed me to realize my dream of creation and to rally Don Pancho to our adventure.”

Arturo

Padre

Inflamed adventurers, thrilling travelers, epicurean nomads but above all citizens of the world. Maybe this is what today’s pirates is about…

The Angel’s Share

Offrian Rum

OFFRIAN means “To Offer” in Old English. It illustrates the mysterious and poetic process named “The Angel’s Share”. The legend says that angels come to visit cellars and deduct a part in barrels that goes back to Nature as an offering.

This natural phenomenon of evaporation occurs throughout the entire ageing period and is one of the most important in the world in Panama. This sharing is nevertheless necessary and contributes significantly to the elegance, flavour and fineness of our nectars.

Destileria

The Distillery

The district of Pese in Panama is where Don Pancho discovered the “San Carlos” distillery created in 1919 and abandoned. He discovered inside a copper column made in Cincinnati and dated back to 1922. Through incredible amounts of hard work and passion, Don Pancho restored it to give birth to Las Cabras Distillery. He turned it into one of the most renowned in the world.

Envejecimiento

The Ageing in Barrel

OFFRIAN rum is aged in ex-bourbon American white-oak barrels charred on the inside. This burnt layer combined with rum and wood contributes to transfer aromas such as vanilla, dry fruits, butterscotch and cocoa…

New barrels provide woody and vanilla flavours while oldest contribute with subtle aromas and elegance.

Don Pancho personally selects barrels that will be used for rum-aging. This traditional process requires all experience and skills that only a Master-Ronero can achieve.

Panama

Offrian Rum Panama

Panama

Panama is located between Costa Rica and Colombia. Many rivers are going through the country and the tropical climate encourages the development of numerous colorful species.

Panama is known for its soils which are very rich in nutrients, high degree of tropical heat and abundant rainfalls. The confluence of these factors is ideal for the cultivation of sugarcane and the production of rum with a singular quality.

Caña

The Rum-Master

Francisco Jose Fernandez Perez “Don Pancho” was born in Cuba more than 75 years ago. 50 of those dedicated to learning, researching, developing, and making rum of exception.

He learned by tradition the Cuban style of rum-making from his mentor and father Ramon Fernandez Corrales. He grew up among sugar cane plantations and rum barrels which belongs to his family’s cellar.

Those Amazing experiences that he lived during his childhood made him choose to study bioquemistry and Microbiology. Later, he became the head of R&D for some of the most renowned Cuban-rum brands. His input was fundamental during the transformation and upgrading of Cuban-rum Industry in the 70´s.

The Rum’s Share

OFFRIAN RUM 8 YEARS

Method: Distilled in copper column stills and aged in American white oak casks.

Colour: Straw robe with tawny hues.
Nose: Sweet and seducing with notes of vanilla and dry fruits along with a light fruity touch.
Palate: Gourmand and friendly, we feel some honey notes with caramel and cinnamon flavours. A nice sweetness/strength balance on a slightly spicy finish. The final is greatly persistent, silky and pleasant with touches of citrus and clove.

Food Pairing: Tarte tatin ou moelleux à l’orange.
Service: 20mn aeration, tulip-type glass, better neat or on the rock (perpetual non-melting ice cube).
Cocktail: “Offrian trip” = 5cl OR8, 10cl rio viejo oloroso, 30ml kefir pineapple, 1 dash orinoco bitters.

Offrian 12 years

OFFRIAN RUM 12 YEARS

Method: Distilled in copper column stills and aged in American white oak casks.

Colour: Amber robe with copper shades.
Nose: A spiced-elegance combining notes of vanilla and cocoa beans sustained by a subtle wooden and liquorice scents.
Palate: Suave and powerful, spices are confirmed and explode with notes of roasted nuts, dark chocolate and clove. Frank and smooth, a sign of rum of character. The final is supple and melting with liquorice and wood feeling.

Food Pairing: Coffee + cigar combo (vegetal, woody, roasted, example: Dominican), dark chocolate with orange, spicy dishes (Asian / Indian), glazed meat with honey.
Service: 20mn aeration, tulip-type glass, better neat or on the rock (perpetual non-melting ice cube).
Cocktail: “Old offrian” = 5cl OR12, 1cl Saint James sugarcane, 2 dashes Saint James bitters, soda, 1 orange zest.

OFFRIAN RUM Loire Finish

Method: Distilled in copper column stills and tropical aging in American white oak bourbon casks in Panama. Followed by 8 months of continental aging in France in French oak barrels of Coteaux du Layon 1er cru Chaume AOC (late harvest Loire Valley Chenin Blanc white wine).

Colour: Recall of a fairly young Chaume wine robe with a slight passage in barrel.
Nose: First vinous nose, Tiare flower (monoï, marine notes), very winy nose, vanilla honey.
Palate: Attack of freshly cut sugar cane, marked on the Chaume wine style. The final is supple with a caramel pudding feeling.

Food Pairing: Pan fried foie gras with apples, sweet and savory white meats . almond / pear / apricot desserts, Panna Cotta with apples, (rum) flambéed fruits, vanilla Bavarois, Crémet d’Anjou with caramel, rhubarb tart.
Service: 20mn aeration, tulip-type glass, better neat or on the rock (perpetual non-melting ice cube).

OFFRIAN RUM 18 YEARS

Method: Distilled in copper column stills and 18 years of tropical aging in American white oak bourbon casks in Panama.

Colour: Brown Sherry robe with hints of mahogany.
Nose: Suave and subtle, dominant caramel, leather and praline with a touch of cocoa.
Palate: Supple and powerful, roasted, leather, close to cigar box and burnt wood notes. Caramel and praline but more pronounced than on the nose, with spicy notes and cloves. Final: supple and intense.

Food Pairing: Caramel pork spicy Asian or Indian dishes coffee tiramisu, dark chocolate macaroons.
Service: 20mn aeration, tulip-type glass, better neat or on the rock (perpetual non-melting ice cube).
Cocktail: Better neat or on the rocks, yet Old Fashion works 5cl of OR18 1 dash of bitter, 1 teaspoon of icing sugar 5 ml of water, 1 zest of lime.