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Surrounded by sugar cane crops rises in the city of Cartavio, Trujillo, one of the plants most modern rum production in South America. There he makes the iconic Ron Cartavio.

First of all, we should point out that rum is a distilled alcoholic liquor, obtained from the juice or molasses from sugar cane, which is a by-product of sugar.

Cartavio, has installed a vacuum distillation of last generation and a Pot Still distillation drip infrastructure that will allow this important plant remains at the forefront in Latin America. This required an investment greater than $ 600,000.

Molasses sugar cane-a sort of thick liquid brown-sweet flavor, is a product that is purchased from agribusinesses located in La Libertad and Lambayeque.

A pungent aroma differently and in different warehouses, account for the various stages of aging. Sometimes it's a sweet smell of vanilla, wood and other flowers. Despite sophisticated technology and Cartavio, aging techniques are still intact and have not changed, nor will, despite modernity. In this process, the oak barrels, burned and subjected to other processes, added flavors and smells of rum, which ultimately gives it a unique personality.

The final stage of the production of rum is the packaging and labeling, performed semi-automatically. This is because the human eye has not yet been replaced in the work of determining whether any of the bottles have some sort of foreign matter in suspension. For this, a trained employee observes the glass of rum through a bright light and is ruled out and emptying the bottles that fail their quality control.

Between the "top" of United Distillers Cartavio Ron undoubtedly have, with their varieties Black, Amber, White, Superior and Grand Reserve. They also produce other brands such as Cape Blanco, vodka and whiskey.