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Cachaca

Cachaça is essentially a rum distilled from fermented sugar cane juice - similar to that used to make rhum agricole. It is a creation of the Portuguese who brought sugar cane, a crop native to Asia which they had already introduced to Madeira and the Azores, to the Americas in the 16th century along with African slaves to harvest it. They also brought the technology of distillation to turn fermented sugar cane juice into spirit.

It’s now a massive industry, Brazil is the third largest rum producer in the world with approximately 3000 brands and production in the region of 1.2 billion litres per year. There are huge brands who make Cachaça on a mind-bogglingly large scale at distilleries that look like old refineries. But as with mezcal in Mexico and clairin in Haiti, there’s also a thriving cottage industry with many people having their own rudimentary distillation equipment. Between these two extremes of domestic and industrial production, there are also smaller producers making high quality spirits often from estate-grown sugar cane, wild yeast fermentation and pot or short column still to make a lower alcohol spirit with plenty of flavour. These stills may well be direct-fired and heated by burning sugar cane husks. Like the best rhum agricole or mezcal, Cachaça can be a terroir-driven spirit. Because sugar cane and sugar cane juice spoils so quickly, distillation usually happens as close as possible to where the harvest takes place.

Most cachaça is drunk unaged but Brazil has something special to offer for those who want wood-aged spirits, an amazing biodiversity. The Mata Atlântica (Atlantic forest) in the bulge between Brazil and Argentina contains over 20,000 species. Traditionally cachaça would be transported in tropical wood barrels to workers in the process picking up the taste of the wood. Now you can find expressions aged in different types of wood such as amburana, bálsamo, and tapinhoã. You do also see ex-bourbon casks and ex-wine barrels. To be classed as cachaça envelhecida (aged) - at least half the liquid has to have spent at least a year in a wooden barrel of no greater than 700 litres. Gold cachaça is usually aged for a minimum of three years. Aged or unaged cachaça is usually bottled at between 38 and 51% ABV. Producers can add up to six grams of sugar per litre.

The classic way to drink unaged cachaça is in a Caipirinha mashed with sugar and limes but any cocktail that calls for white rum like a Daiquiri or Mojito can also be made with cachaça. More premium examples can be enjoyed neat or on the rocks with a squeeze of lime while aged cachaça makes a great substitute for bourbon for dark rum in cocktails like a Palmetto or Old Fashioned.

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Cachaça 51

70cl, 40%
Companhia Muller de Bebidas

Brazilian cachaça, grab a bottle and mix up a classic Caipirinha! What are you waiting for?!  More info

Cachaça 51
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£20.75

Abelha Silver Cachaça

70cl, 39%
Abelha

A silver Cachaça from Abelha, this is distilled in copper potstills using organic sugarcane which is freshly cut before distillation. This is a smooth and well put-together spirit, lots of character!  More info

Abelha Silver Cachaça
6
£26.49
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Leblon Cachaça

70cl, 40%
Leblon

A Brazilian Cachaça made from freshhly-cut sugar cane juice. Leblon is aged in French oak XO Cognac casks for up to three months, and offers a complex palate of vegetal, herbal notes. It was awarded…  More info

Leblon Cachaça
2
£41.44

Sagatiba Silver

70cl, 38%
Sagatiba

A crisp, tangy Brazilian white cachaça, Sagatiba means "the infinite saga". This unaged spirit was awarded 91 points from the Chicago Beverage Testing Institute who described it as "excellent"!  More info

Sagatiba Silver
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£21.99
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CapuCana Cachaça

70cl, 42%
CapuCana

Cachaça is a delicious spirit made from sugar cane that is very popular in Brazil. Not a huge amount of it makes its way over here, but we're super excited that the beautiful CapuCana Cachaça has…  More info

CapuCana Cachaça
£42.94

Velho Barreiro Cachaça

70cl, 39%
Velho Barreiro

Here we have Velho Barreiro ‘yellow label’, a light, easy-going Brazilian Cachaça made at the Tatuzinho distillery. It’s produced by double distilling sugar cane juice in a column still, and then…  More info

Velho Barreiro Cachaça
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£19.99

Avuá Jequitiba Rosa

70cl, 40%
Avuá

An aged cachaça from Avuá, Jequita Rosa is sourced from the hills of Carmo in Rio de Janeiro. It's aged for up to two years in a single jequitiba rosa cask, which is a dense and dark hardwood only…  More info

Avuá Jequitiba Rosa
£63.24

Yaguara Cachaça

70cl, 41.5%
Yaguara

Yaguara Cachaça is a very stylish Brazilian spirit that has been created under the watchful eye of master blender Erwin Weimann. It's made using a blend of Cachaça, a portion of which has been aged…  More info

Yaguara Cachaça
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£29.94
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Germana Caetano's Cachaça

70cl, 40%
Germana

Germana eschew the regular leaf-covering that features on their bottles for their Caetano's Cachaça, which is aged in Brazilian cherry wood barrels before it is bottled. Though the foliage is gone,…  More info

Germana Caetano's Cachaça
£28.94
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Yaguara Cachaça Still Strength

70cl, 48%
Yaguara

A beautiful cachaça, both in terms of the spirit inside the bottle and those gorgeous Yaguara labels. This particular expression is a limited-edition small-batch offering that was made using the 2021…  More info

Yaguara Cachaça Still Strength
£34.95
£33.94

Original Pitú do Brasil Cachaça

70cl, 38%
Pitú

Cachaça is an incredibly popular spirit in Brazil and it is slowly starting to make an impression elsewhere. Pitú Cachaça comes from the State of Pernambuco in north-east Brazil. It is made with…  More info

Original Pitú do Brasil Cachaça
£24.24

CanaRio Cachaça

70cl, 40%
CanaRio

CanoRio Cachaça comes to us from the Fazenda Soledade company in Rio, Brazil. They press their sugar cane within 24 hours of it being harvested to create the juice which in turn is used to create…  More info

CanaRio Cachaça
£26.54

Santo Grau Coronel Xavier Chaves Cachaça

70cl, 40%
Santo Grau

This Cachaça from the Santo Grau range was allowed to rest for six months in underground stone tanks which have been coated in paraffin. The name comes from what is thought to be the oldest sugarcane…  More info

Santo Grau Coronel Xavier Chaves Cachaça
£32.51

Velho Barreiro Gold Cachaça

70cl, 39%
Velho Barreiro

A carefully distilled Cachaça from Tatuzinho, Velho Barreiro is a great little mixer that works wonders in a Caipirinha.  More info

Velho Barreiro Gold Cachaça
£23.45

Yaguara Cachaça Ouro

70cl, 42%
Yaguara

Yaguara's Cachaça Ouro is allowed to mature in a combination of wood - Cabreúva and Amburana (which are native to Brazil), as well as American oak.  More info

Yaguara Cachaça Ouro
£37.94

Avuá Cachaça Bálsamo

70cl, 40%
Avuá

Another interestingly-aged Cachaça from Avuá, this time allowed to rest for up to 2 years in casks made from Bálsamo. It's a type of hardwood native to south and central America with a fine grain.…  More info

Avuá Cachaça Bálsamo
£45.95

Avuá Cachaça Tapinhoã

70cl, 40%
Avuá

This expression from Avuá Cachaça has been aged a barrel made from Tapinhoã, a rare type of wood that you could find in South America (y'know if you were lucky - it's rare, like we said). The Cachaça…  More info

Avuá Cachaça Tapinhoã
£72.95

Salto 39 Cachaça

70cl, 39%
Salto

A higher-strength bottling of Salto Cachaça, presented at 39% ABV, as the name suggests (Salto 39 Cachaça). Sweet and intense with lively fruit notes - this ought to make for some top notch…  More info

Salto 39 Cachaça
£22.99

Santo Grau Itirapuã Cachaça

70cl, 41%
Santo Grau

From the Santa Grau range comes the Itirapuã Cachaça, named for a São Paulo-based sugarcane mill that dates back to 1860. Matured in a combination of oak and jequitibá barrels, resulting in subtle…  More info

Santo Grau Itirapuã Cachaça
£33.89

Santo Grau Paraty Cachaça

70cl, 43%
Santo Grau

A white cachaça from the Santo Grau range, named after a sugarcane mill in Rio de Janeiro which dates back to 1803 (and has been managed by the same family since then). Of course, this will make for…  More info

Santo Grau Paraty Cachaça
£30.99

Copacaïba Cachaça

70cl, 38%
Copacaïba

Copacaïba is a cachaça brand owned by Marie Brizard and bottled for the European market. Cachaça, a sugar cane spirit, is of course the key ingredient in a refreshing caipirinha!  More info

Copacaïba Cachaça
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Weber Haus Silver Cachaça Orgânica

70cl, 38%
Weber Haus

This classic cachaça from Weber Haus was distilled in copper stills from sugar cane juice before being allowed to rest in stainless steel tanks prior to bottling. A clean cachaça, this one is ideal…  More info

Weber Haus Silver Cachaça Orgânica

Novo Fogo 3 Year Old (That Boutique-y Cachaça Company)

50cl, 41.2%
Novo Fogo

An aged Cachaça produced by Brazil's Novo Fogo Distillery and bottled by That Boutique-y Ru... Wait a minute... That Boutique-y Cachaça Company! There we go. Anyway, yes, delicious Cachaça produced…  More info

Novo Fogo 3 Year Old (That Boutique-y Cachaça Company)
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£41.95
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Weber Haus Premium 3 Year Old Cachaça

70cl, 40%
Weber Haus

This delightful and refreshing Cachaça from Weber Haus was matured for three years, initially in French oak casks for two years before being finished for one year in balsam casks.  More info

Weber Haus Premium 3 Year Old Cachaça

Abelha 3 Year Old Gold Organic Cachaça

70cl, 39%
Abelha

Abelha 3 year old is a gold Cachaça made in Bahia at the north of Brazil. It's distilled from sugarcane which is processed on the day of cutting and is certified organic.  More info

Abelha 3 Year Old Gold Organic Cachaça

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