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barrels. With the transfer of ownership and there. Emilio Bacardí was the president of the rum
purpose, Mr. Francisco Savigne Lombard, whom company, and until 1960 Cuban light rum was
everyone called “Don Pancho,” was appointed as produced there under the Bacardí label. With the
the first administrator, and as you might imagine, triumph of January 1959 and the abandonment
the bodega began to be known as the place of the national territory by the family that owned
where he could be found and over time simply the the industry, production continued in the then Ron
Bodega or Nave Don Pancho. Caney factories. Masters and apprentices took
charge of the rum production process, from its
The aging bodega located the first barrels in conception to the end of the process, maintaining
1922 and since then the spirit of the time sleeps not only the presence of Cuban rum in the country

and the world, but also its authenticity and
tradition.
Bodega Don Pancho is celebrating its first hundred
years of life in 2022 and since the end of last year
it has received tribute from rum lovers around the
world. All kinds of tributes have been promoted,
as part of the communication campaign “In favor
of time,” a message that summarizes the purpose
of the bodega itself, which still has foundational
barrels with mixtures of almost a century of life and
has withstood earthquakes and hurricanes.

In “the Cathedral of Cuban Rum,” as connoisseurs
have called it, the largest volumes of that spirit are
treasured. Thanks to what is preserved there, it is
possible to produce limited editions, with great
quality and a high degree of aging, highly valued
by collectors and people with exquisite palates.

There are several myths surrounding Bodega Don
Pancho. One of them is that the Santiago climate
itself, one of the hottest in the country, exerts a

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