Located on the Caribbean coast of northwest Colombia, Cartagena is a seaport that loves both rum and gin.
In 1751 Severo Arango y Ferro came to Cartagena to strengthen Spain's trade relations with the Latin American colonies. His growing style and power earned him the title of Dictador. After tasting the sweet and rich rum, he decided to become an important trade and producer of RUM.
In 1913, more than 180 years after Ferro came to Cartagena, one of his descendants, Don Juilo Arangoy Parra, studied deeply the legendary life of his ancestor and the production of Rum wine. Under the name of Dictador, his ancestor is committed to becoming the best Rum winery in the Caribbean region. Having experienced several generations, the investors helped Dictador expand its operations in 2009, launching a variety of rich rum wines to be marketed around the world.
Dario Parra, former managing director of Dictador, decided to create his own gin recipe after falling in love with it while traveling to the UK. Like Rum under its brand, it is fermented with sugar cane and moulasses to 96% after four times of distillation process. Limon Mandarino (Tangerine-lemon), a unique cultivar of Columbia, is used as the material to give a balance between citrus sweetness and citric acid. Add berries, herbs, spices, and citrus peels to blend.
After blending, the wine is aged for 35 weeks in the oak barrel of rum, with light amber color, and the bottling concentration is 43%. Barrel aging slightly reduces the citrus freshness but retains the peppermint and pepper flavors and adds the vanilla sweetness of the barrel.
Cartagena位於哥倫比亞西北部加勒比海沿岸，也是一處同時熱愛蘭姆酒與琴酒的海港城市。
1751年，Severo Arango y Ferro為了加強西班牙與拉丁美洲殖民地貿易往來關係，來到Cartagena，日益強盛的作風與權力讓他有了獨裁者（Dictador）的稱號。品嚐到當地甜潤濃郁的rum酒後，他便決定成為Rum重要的貿易與生產商。
1913年，Ferro來到卡塔赫納的180餘年後，他其中一位後裔Don Juilo Arangoy Parra深入研究先祖的傳奇一生和蘭姆酒產製，以先祖稱號 獨裁者（Dictador）為名並致力成為加勒比海區域最好的Rum酒廠。經歴幾代傳承，投資者於2009年協助Dictador擴大經營，推出多款口感香醇的蘭姆酒行銷世界各處。
Dictador的前任公司總經理Dario Parra因為經常旅行英國而愛上琴酒，之後便決定要創造個人配方琴酒。與旗下Rum酒一樣是以甘蔗糖蜜發酵經過四次蒸餾製程至96%，以哥倫比亞獨特品種檸檬Limon Mandarino（Tangerine-Lemon）為材料賦予柑橘的甘甜和檸檬酸度之間平衡；添加莓果、草本植物、香料、柑橘皮個別浸泡蒸餾再進行調和。
調和後於自家rum酒橡木桶內熟成35週，帶有淡淡琥珀色，裝瓶濃度為43%。桶陳後略為減少柑橘清新調性但保留薄荷與胡椒的口感，多了木桶的香草甜味。
