Novo Fogo Graciosa Cachaça (75cl, 42%)

A cachaça distilled from fresh-pressed, certified organic estate sugarcane at a zero-waste distillery in Brazil's Atlantic Rainforest. Fermentation runs approximately 18 hours using wild yeast, followed by distillation in a copper pot still in small batches of roughly 130 litres, entirely by hand. It is aged two years in repurposed oak, then finished for an additional eighteen months in barrels made from castanheira do Pará, or Brazil nut wood. The name comes from a scenic road through the Atlantic Rainforest. The nose brings vanilla, honey and ripe banana, echoed on the palate with dried cherry and dusty cocoa, and a long, gently spiced finish. It also shows pecan and orchids on the nose, cherry custard on the palate, and soft clove and anise on the finish.