Ron El Mondero — Attraction in Salobreña

I went to Andalusia, and to be more precise to Salobreña on the Costa Tropical for my Summer vacation. During that period I’m unfaithful to my first love whisky and drink what the locals call Cubata. The large local distillery, located next door, produces Palido rum and is owned by Ron Montero. Strangely, the locals also drink a lot of Barceló Añejo. Nevertheless, this year, when I wanted to order my 1st Cubata with the Palido, the waiter invited me to taste a rum from Salobreña itself called Mondero. As I am curious, I did not hesitate and it is very good. After discussion with our good friends on site, it turns out that this rum has been produced by her nephew since 2006. When she and her husband introduced me to Paco, the owner, who also has a restaurant, I learned that he does everything by hand and uses cane sugar juice to make his product. I had the pleasure of discovering the distillery on site, learning that the old man on the label was her grandfather and his...

Amazing small local rum producer. You should absolutely visit Paco and try how real Spanish rum should taste ❤️ Did you know that the sugar plants came to Spain from Egypt over 1000 years ago. This area of Andalusia was the European sugar capital for hundreds of years and you can visit the pre-historic sugar museum in Montril only a few kilometers from El Mondero. It was Christopher Columbus who brought the sugar plants to the New World on his second voyage in 1492. Few knows that Spain plays a big role in the...

Very special tour with a lot of personality. The owner showed us around and told us all the secrets of sugarcane and of andalusian rum from a small destillery. The andalusian temperament was present in the spirit we tasted. The dot of the I would have been if the tasting would have been with branded glasses - that we could have bought afterwards 😉 Still thank you very much for this...