Producer
Cotopaxi
Cotopaxi is a rum brand linked to Ecuador that offers aged and single-barrel expressions inspired by the eponymous volcano. Bottles on the market are distributed and marketed primarily by European importers.
- Ecuador
- 1 product
Cotopaxi
Meet the producer
The story
Official historical information about the brand is limited. From multiple product sheets and retailers it appears that Cotopaxi is a rum brand originating in Ecuador; some retailers report that the brand was created/marketed by the Italian importer F&G s.r.l. (Bruino, TO). No reliable online details are available on the year of foundation, the exact production site or any local distillery responsible for production.
Production philosophy
Available online material emphasizes the Andean origin (the Cotopaxi volcano) and the promotion of aged and single-barrel expressions that aim to tell the story of the Ecuadorian territory through barrel-matured rums.
Territory
Ecuador (Andes, area associated with the Cotopaxi volcano) — indicated as the country of origin of the marketed bottles.
Production method
From official retailer product sheets: distillation from sugar cane molasses using column stills; aging in oak casks with some releases bottled as single-barrel. No additional technical information is available on the production process or the originating site/distillery.
Distillation
column still
Ageing
aged in oak casks; some expressions are single-barrel
Characteristics
- Type
- Producer
- Categories
- rum
- Ecuadorian rum
- aged rum
- single barrel
- Raw materials
- sugar cane molasses
- Casks and ageing vessels
- American oak casks (barrique)
- Representative products
- Rhum Cotopaxi 13Y Single Barrel 70cl - Giftbox
- Cotopaxi 13 years (40% / 70cl)
- Cotopaxi 14Y Full Proof (60% / 50cl)
What makes it distinctive
- Brand inspired by the Cotopaxi volcano (Ecuador)
- Products presented as aged and single-barrel rums (e.g. 13 years, 14 years, full proof)
- Label data and product sheets indicate distillation from molasses and use of column stills
- Brand commercialized/distributed in Europe via the Italian importer F&G s.r.l. (information present on product sheets)