Avuá Amburana Cachaça
Avuá · Fazenda da Quinta
A gateway into artisanal cachaça that showcases how one distinctly Brazilian wood can transform sugarcane spirit into something haunting and unforgettable. Rough sugarcane origins, refined by native timber — beauty earned through untamed materials.
Nose
Immediate cinnamon and vanilla bean lift, layered with sandalwood, toasted coconut, and a whisper of dried grass. The Amburana wood asserts itself boldly — like walking into a spice pantry after a summer rain.
Palate
Silky yet assertive: cinnamon stick, clove, and marzipan up front, giving way to grassy sugarcane and a honeyed sweetness. Faint bitter almond and beeswax fill the mid-palate, with a dusting of black pepper on the sides of the tongue.
Finish
Long, warming, and aromatic — cinnamon and vanilla linger with a dry, resinous woodiness that recalls Christmas potpourri. Slightly astringent tannins keep it from ever tipping into sweet.
- Base Ingredient
- Fresh-pressed sugarcane juice
- Distillation
- Single distillation in copper pot stills, followed by two years of aging in Amburana wood barrels
- Country
- Carmo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Cocktail Suggestion
Amburana Old Fashioned — 2 oz Avuá Amburana Cachaça, 0.25 oz demerara syrup, 2 dashes Angostura bitters, 1 dash orange bitters. Stir with ice for 30 seconds, strain over a large cube in a rocks glass, express an orange peel and drop in.
Food Pairing
Grilled churrasco-style picanha with chimichurri, or a slice of warm cinnamon-dusted pineapple upside-down cake.
Distilled in small copper pots on a family-run fazenda in the hills of Rio de Janeiro, Avuá is aged in Amburana — a fragrant Brazilian hardwood traditionally used for medicinal tinctures — which imparts a spice-cabinet character no oak barrel could ever replicate.
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