The business was later taken over by Baptiste’s son, Louis Gelas. He distill not only wine, but also fruit (peaches, pears, etc.). Louis was the first to develop the distillery’s range of spirits.
This offer was continu to be develop by Philippe’s father, Pierre Gelas, a complementary offer of Armagnac spirits, Vieilles Prunes, Gin, Cordialor Liqueur without forgetting Cognac Gelas, the brand of which had been initiat by Marc Gelas, the brother of Louis Gelas.
Philippe took over the family business in 2001
wanting to offer a different approach to Armagnac, particularly in the presentation of double-maturation Armagnacs: the Single Cask range distribut in France by Maison Dugas.
After starting locally with Jurançon c level executive list and Pacherenc barrels, the maturation work was extend to barrels of fortifi wines (Xeres, Porto) or prestigious sweet wines (Coutet Barsac or Germanier Amigne grape variety in Switzerland).
For the approach to Panamanian rums
it was the result of a meeting initiat by an Italian friend and the Varela Hermanos SA Distillery.
The Gelas family imports rums over 9 years! old which are double matur in old Armagnac barrels.
We do not add anything in order to preserve the qualities of the resulting brandy.
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Double matur Panama Old Ron 9 years is a rum distill by Distilleria Varela Hermanos SA. It undergoes initial maturation at the distillery and when it is at least 9 years old, it is sold to Gelas. The latter then undergoes a double maturation in Armagnac the industry-specific program casks before being bottl and sold under the Gelas brand.
Brand transparency
The Gelas family strives to be as transparent as possible. It’s difficult to be completely transparent with rums from the Varela Hermanos SA distillery! whose america email production methods involve adding sugar during maturation.