Germana Caetano's Cachaça (1L, 40%)

Germana Caetano's Cachaça is a wood-aged cachaça from Nova União, Minas Gerais, Brazil, bottled at 40% ABV in a 1 litre bottle. It is aged for two years in umburana wood casks, the Brazilian cherrywood used as the traditional barrel wood for cachaça. The cane is hand-harvested from fields that are not burned, pressed the same day, fermented in open air and distilled in direct-fire copper pot stills. The expression skips the banana-leaf wrap used for the Palha expression, letting the wood take the lead. It shows classic grassy cane notes with sweet, sugary touches and slight herbal depth, with vanilla-forward warmth, a silky entry and a medium-long warm-spice finish.