Uruapan Charanda Sol Tarasco Anejo con Hongos Rum (75cl, 46.5%)

An aged Mexican cane spirit made by the Pacheco family at Casa Tarasco in Uruapan, Michoacán, from estate-grown sugarcane juice. It is open-air fermented for 10 or more days and twice distilled in 1,000-litre wood-fired copper pot stills. The charanda is aged a minimum of three years in ex-bourbon barrels, then macerated for six months with organic, locally sourced Blue Indigo and Oyster mushrooms. The result is an umami-rich aged rum that leans toward sherry-finished whiskey, with butterscotch, cinnamon, molasses and raisin on the nose and mesquite, vanilla, dates and caramel on the palate, finishing with clove, charred marshmallow and oyster sauce.