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Cachaça Dona Branca, rested in stainless steel with touches of cachaça aged in Jequitibá for 6 months. It confirms the flavor of sugar cane, to be enjoyed straight or in cocktails. Fine and smooth palate with a slightly fruity citric flavor. Goes well with fish, poultry and seasoned sausages. Ideal in caipirinha drinks and cocktails. Engenho Buriti is located in Papagaios, in the center-west region of the State of Minas Gerais. Located at Fazenda Pontinha, it was born from the dream of Mr. Eros Vieira to produce quality Cachaça, maintaining all the product's traditionalism, but reconciling modern production practices and quality control. Comparable to the best spirits in the world. The project began in 2008 and since the beginning, Cachaça has enchanted demanding tasters for its unique characteristics, full-bodied flavor and excellent quality. Since then, Engenho has accumulated awards in all its product lines, which receive the signature of the Armando Del Bianco masterblend. “I can recognize the cachaças from Engenho Buriti anywhere in the world, because the flavor is unique, delicious and unmistakable”. "Armando Del Bianco", one of the greatest cachaça experts in Brazil. Limpid, strong, sweetness of sugar cane. AWARDS 2022 - Medal of Sensory Merit at Expocachaça Source: Cachaças Brasileiras

During the period of colonization, cachaça was a drink consumed by farmers and drovers to relax after a hard day's work or to help ease the harsh cold in the region of Santa Rita de Caldas, in the south of Minas Gerais. Often, it also served to animate the circle of friends. At that time, the distillate was seen as a popular and extremely strong drink, but it was adopted as the region's favorite. After years of research and a rigorous selection of raw materials, always focusing on not losing its roots and preserving ancient traditions, Cachaça Prosa Mineira emerged in 2010, which brings sophistication and quality as sensory characteristics. No wonder she has been awarded 26 times. In the still, the entire cachaça manufacturing process is done by hand, with all the care and attention necessary to produce a quality distillate with a unique personality. Control of all variables is in the hands of the producer. Thus, when the consumer receives Cachaça Prosa Mineira, he can not only taste a quality drink, but feel the care of the whole process. When we talk about quality, we refer mainly to the right choice of the main raw material for cachaça: sugar cane. For this reason, the still has a nursery for seedlings and planting, as they believe that quality comes from the cradle. The sugarcane maturation process to obtain an ideal brix standard (sugar content) for fermentation, in addition to cultivation in favorable climatic and soil conditions, are factors that directly influence the final result of the cachaça. Cachaça do Anjo is aged for approximately one year and six months in barrels of balsam, amburana, American oak and European oak. This very high quality blend features integrated alcohol on the nose and an explosion of fruity and woody aromas with hints of caramel, almond, honey, vanilla and chocolate. On the palate softness and an incomparable sensation of flavors present in the taste buds. It is no wonder that Cachaça do Anjo won medals in all the contests it participated in in 2018, including the Silver Medal at the Brussels World Contest and the Gold Medal at EXPOCACHAÇA, the Vitrine Mundial da Cachaça, where it was considered and elected as the BEST WOOD BLEND IN BRAZIL. In 2021, Gold Medal Expocachaça and Bruxelas Spirits. Source: Cachaças Brasileiras and Cachaçaria Nacional

The 1st cachaça 100% produced in Brasília/DF, capital city of Brazil. That's right, Cachaça Cavaco Limited Edition Single Barrel was elaborated with refinement and care and submitted to strict quality standards. And it is the first cachaça aged for 4 years in European oak barrels produced 100% in Brasília/DF, with the flavor that only the cerrado of the central plateau has. In its limited and exclusive edition, only 150 bottles of this cachaça were produced, which will come with a certificate of ownership so that its owner can remember this historic moment. When purchasing this cachaça, you get a certificate of ownership in your name, signed by the cachaça producer, numbered in the order of interest. Josafá Cavalcante and his sons handpicked the barrel that gave color, aromas and flavors to this gem that has a limited edition of 150 numbered bottles. This cachaça comes from a single barrel of European oak aged for 4 years. The chosen cane (embrapa 106), made exactly for the cerrado climate. Good body, striking aroma, dried fruits, burnt coconut, fruity and woody vanilla, sweet and alcoholic nature balanced, persistent and elegant. Source: Eu amo cachaça, Arauana and Palassi.

Produced in the city of Céu Azul, on the banks of the Iguaçu National Park. It is part of Copercachaça – Cooperative of Craft Cachaça Producers in Western Paraná, which aims to improve and develop the production of brandy in that region. Limpid, strong, alcohol, herbal, fruity. Award: 2020 Gold Medal Expocachaça.

Cachaça Saliníssima has been produced at Fazenda Matrona, in Salinas, in the north of Minas Gerais, since 1955, when Olímpio Mendes started to dedicate himself to planting sugar cane, which was used for the production of cachaça and rapadura. The drinks were bottled and sold in the house, to farm employees, neighbors and friends. Rapaduras, on the other hand, were sold in the city on Saturdays, after traveling a long distance in an ox cart. In the production process, Alfredo Mendes de Oliveira, son of Olímpio, was responsible for transporting and grinding the cane, while his father was dedicated to the fermentation and stilling of cachaça. At the end of the 1990s, Alfredo and his son, Lucas Mendes, took over the farm, continuing the tradition of artisanal production, both for distillates and rapadura. In 2003, the mill underwent improvements in structure and equipment, but without losing the artisanal essence in the manufacture of cachaça. Today, continuing in the Olímpio family, Fazenda Matrona continues to be one of the important cachaça producers in the Salinas region. Cachaça Saliníssima Prata follows the traditional recipe of rustic yeast, using wild yeasts and natural substrates during the fermentation process. Stored for six months in stainless steel barrels, it has an alcohol content of 40% and is ideal for preparing caipirinhas and drinks. Aromatic, alcoholic, evident cane sweetness.

With the drastic changes in the climate, where the periods of drought and rain have become unstable, Destom has put together a strategy using sugarcane as an energy reserve in case of extension of the dry periods. This made it possible to increase the number of animals per unit of pasture area. From there, it was a leap to set up the distillery and close the sustainability cycle on the farm in Faria Lemos, Minas Gerais, in this consortium of beef cattle, sugarcane and cachaça. The producers started the project in 2014, with a high-tech model still. Cachaça Primeira de Minas Silver 750ml is a beverage stored in stainless steel barrels. White cachaça, light, has an alcohol content of 39%. With mild aromas and clean distillation, it is soft in the mouth and ideal to be enjoyed in shots and in the preparation of drinks and cocktails. Source: Cachaçaria Nacional.

This cachaça is practically unknown in the Brazilian market. After doing a lot of research, it is possible to identify that this distillate called Cavalo Velho is produced in the same still that makes Dona Odila cachaça in Jaboticabal São Paulo. Clear, alcohol present but balanced, sugar cane sweetness. No more information unfortunately.

In 2014, country singer Leonardo released the CD and DVD called Cabaré. With the success of the album, the Cachaça Cabaré brand emerged, a drink with an alcohol content of 38%. The distillate is a partnership between the musician and the Dom Tápparo mill, from Mirassol, São Paulo. This still that produces Cachaça Cabaré is called Don Tapparo and came about on the initiative of Mr. José Tápparo, who in 1978 decided to produce cachaça for his own consumption and as a gift to friends. The drink was so successful that connoisseurs started wanting to buy it. It was then that he saw a business opportunity in this activity. Over the years, and the entry of the sons Ademílson and Carlos in the company, the mill grew and began to produce various types of cachaça, alcoholic cocktails and liqueurs. Today, the company has the collaboration of the third generation of the Tápparo family. All cachaça production takes place on the family property, from planting the sugar cane to grinding and distillation. Aging is done in European and American oak barrels, as well as other woods such as amburana and peanut. Stored for 6 months in Peanut wood barrels, which does not provide color, it is a light cachaça, marked but balanced alcohol, natural sugar cane sweetness, ideal for cocktails such as the "caipirinha". Source: Cachaçaria Nacional.

The name SAGATIBA comes from the combination of the words SAGA (means "search" in Nordic culture) and TIBA (word TUPI, Brazilian indigenous tribe, which means "infinite"). Produced in São Paulo since 2004, it was created by Marcos de Moraes, son of the former soy king Olacyr de Moraes, who hired the London advertising agency Saatchi & Saatchi to promote the drink in magazines such as Vanity Fair and Esquire, and in European bars and restaurants. At first, the brand was present in England, Holland and Italy and in 2 years it was already selling 800 thousand bottles, half to the European market. It is sold exclusively on all 15 ships in the Princess Cruise network around the world. In 2016 it was bought for US$ 26 million by the traditional Italian group Campari from Milan. Despite not being an artisanal cachaça (made in a copper still) but an industrial cachaça (stainless steel columns), through multi-distillation generating a light cachaça, mild aromas and flavors (alcohol content of 38%), sweet and versatile , ideal for cocktails such as the "caipirinha". Another novelty of SAGATIBA CRISTALINA is the addition of water at the beginning of distillation, which preserves the density of the product, and not at the end as the cachaça industry normally does. The distillation heating system is indirect by steam, which maintains the original characteristics of the sugarcane, such as aroma and flavor. At the Beverage Testing Institute (BTI) in Chicago, one of the most important alcoholic beverage analysis institutes in the world, SAGATIBA PRECIOSA was the only cachaça in the world to win the platinum medal of the entity and to integrate its maximum category, the Superlative Category . She obtained 96 points on a scale ranging from 0 to 100, with 98 being the highest score achieved by a distillate to date. ● Origin: Brazil ● Release: 2004 ● Creator: Marcos de Moraes ● Headquarters: São Paulo ● Brand owner: Gruppo Campari ● Publicly traded: No ● Global presence: 40 countries ● Largest markets: Brazil, England and Germany ● Employees: + 100 ● Segment: Alcoholic beverages ● Main products: Cachaças ● Icons: The bottle ● Website: www.sagatiba.com.br Source: Sagatiba