Producer
Centenario
Centenario (Centenario Internacional S.A.) is a Costa Rican producer specialized in premium and aged rum. The Centenario range includes solera and blended labels with age references up to 30 years, designed for neat drinking or as contemplative rums.
- Curridabat · San José · Costa Rica
- 1 product
The story
According to the brand's communication, the history of Ron Centenario is traced back to the 1980s (cited as 1985 in some product presentations). The company operates under the trade name Centenario Internacional S.A.; over the years it has established a range of aged and premium blended rums and expanded exports to numerous international markets. Some sources also indicate that the group changed its corporate identity compared with previous corporate phases (historical mentions of a link with Seagram and name changes in the early 2000s).
Production philosophy
Brand communication emphasizes patience, the craft of the master rum maker and Costa Rican identity (values linked to the concept Pura Vida). The brand highlights barrel ageing and blending as the main tools to achieve balance, complexity and smoothness in its premium expressions.
Territory
Costa Rica (operational headquarters in the San José metropolitan area / Curridabat) with commercial presence and exports to several European and overseas markets.
Production method
Main ageing and blending method: Solera system (mixing of aged rum reserves). The brand works with blended reserves that combine distillates of different ages to build the various expressions.
Ageing
Solera method: assembly/blending of aged reserves (individual labels declare blends of rums of varying ages; commercial descriptions reference up to 30 years for the most prestigious editions).
Characteristics
- Type
- Producer
- City
- Curridabat
- Categories
- rum
- aged rum
- premium rum
- solera rum
- coffee liqueurs
- Raw materials
- cane molasses
- cane sugar
- Casks and ageing vessels
- oak barrels (including American white oak / ex-bourbon)
- barrels that previously contained Scotch whisky and brandy (for some references)
- Representative products
- Centenario 25 years - 70cl - boxed
- Centenario 30 years - 70cl - boxed
- Centenario Anejo Especial 7 years - 70cl
- Centenario Conmemorativo Réserve 9 years - 70cl
- Centenario Fundacion 20 years Réserve - 70cl - boxed
- Centenario Gran legado Réserve 12 years - 70cl
What makes it distinctive
- Centenario line focused on aged rums and solera blends
- Expressions from 7 up to 30 years (depending on the label)
- Production and maturation in Costa Rica with international distribution
- Also offers flavored references such as Centenario Café (coffee liqueur)