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Produced in the municipality of Sucupira do Riachão in the State of Maranhão, northeast of Brazil. There isn't much information on the internet and the producer's website doesn't help at all. Apparently, cachaça is stored in jequitibá, amburana and oak barrels. In sensory analysis, the cachaça is balanced, correct alcohol, acidity and sugar, integrated wood, long finish. There is no information about the aging time in wood.

Asa Branca Cachaça is classified as standardized. This means that, according to Brazilian legislation, standardized cachaças must have the identification on the label: “standardized and bottled”. When the entire cachaça production process is carried out in the same production unit (planting, grinding, fermentation, distillation), the label will say “produced and bottled”. Owners of standardized cachaça brands do not carry out all the production stages and buy cachaça provided by third parties. Therefore, they do not necessarily need sugarcane fields, fermentation vats, distillation units or aging. Generally, these cachaças acquired from third parties have distinct aromas and flavors and it is the role of the standardizer to carry out procedures that leave these cachaças with the same final flavor – hence the idea of standardizing. Some techniques are used to achieve this standardization, including the redistillation of cachaça in copper stills and storage in wooden vats. This process was due to the need to produce a greater volume of cachaça. In short, this cachaça has an artisanal identity but its soul is industrial. But it wasn't always like that. .Cachaçaria Asa Branca was born in the 1970s, in Salinas, in the north of Minas Gerais, built from the passion that Joventino José de Queiroz had, as he was a great connoisseur of the drink and knew like no one else the secrets of how to distill a quality cachaça . He produced the drink as a hobby, since his main activity was livestock farming. One day, on a Sunday afternoon, drinking an aged spirit with friends, he realized that he needed to register his still and build a brand. If his second passion was music, at that moment he was playing the song Asa Branca, by Luiz Gonzaga, on his record player. Thus, Cachaça Asa Branca was born. After Joventino's death, the business was almost discontinued, but the family sold the company, which to this day shines in the Craft Cachaças market. Cachaça Asa Branca is manufactured in the heart of Salinas, 13km from the city center, at Fazenda Luar do Sertão. Cachaça Asa Branca Bálsamo e Ipê Ouro 600ml is stored for two years in amburana barrels. Light, has an alcohol content of 42%. It is packaged in traditional beer bottles. Produced 50 years ago in Salinas, in the north of Minas, it was named Asa Branca in honor of Brazilian music icon Luiz Gonzaga. Source: Mapa da Cachaça and Cachaçaria Nacional.

Cachaça Brumado Velho Carvalho is a traditional quality artisanal cachaça from Minas Gerais produced in the city of Brumadinho, in Minas Gerais. Stored for two years in oak barrels, the distillate has a slightly greenish straw yellow color, great aroma and taste, provides a smooth sensation with the alcohol and aging wood barely apparent, making the sugarcane flavor stand out. With 40% alcohol content, the drink has positive sensorial qualities that reveal the care taken in the traditional production of the excellent distillate. Source: Cachaçaria Nacional.

Unfortunately, I didn't find much information about the cachaça or the producer on the internet. The still responsible for the cachaça is called Salicana and is located in the famous Salinas region, in the state of Minas Gerais. Salinas is one of the Cachaça Origin Indications certified in Brazil. Sensory analysis: pale yellow color, aromatic, woody, anise, fennel, fennel, vegetal touch, alcohol present but integrated, low acidity, medium finish.

The history of Cachaça Engenho São Luiz began in 1906, when José Zillo and his brothers founded the distillery in the Rocinha neighborhood, in Lençóis Paulista, in the interior of São Paulo. Cachaça production was maintained by Gino Zillo, José's brother, until 1971. Decades later, in 2007, Luiz Santana Zillo, José's grandson, and his children revived the family's origins by creating Engenho São Luiz. Thus, since its conception, Engenho São Luiz was carefully designed to produce still cachaça through rigorously controlled processes and with restricted production volume, to guarantee unique quality. Two years later, the first harvest for the production of cachaça from the new phase of the distillery began. In 2014, the peak: for the first time Engenho São Luiz exported a drink to the international market. Cachaça Augusta was sent to New York, in the United States. Cachaça Engenho São Luiz Premium Amburana 750ml is a premium drink, aged for one and a half years in amburana barrels, a typical Brazilian wood. Light, with an alcohol content of 40%. Smoother and softer, with a slightly sweet, fruity aroma and hints of spice. Only two thousand units of this distillate are produced per year. Packaged in traditional kaleido bottles. Source Cachaçaria Nacional

Cachaça Mineiriana is produced on Estrada Real, in Ipoema, a bucolic district of Itabira, in the interior of the state of Minas Gerais, a Brazilian province famous for producing cachaça. A small production made so that, when opening the bottle, the consumer can feel all the terroir. It is aged for two years in oak barrels Light, has an alcohol content of 40%. A pleasant distillate, with balanced sweetness and an aroma reminiscent of chocolate, vanilla, toasty notes. Cachaça Mineiriana Carvalho is produced through a blend. Aged for three years in European and American oak barrels, it has an alcohol content of 40%. Quite complex, it offers aromas of chestnuts, spices and vanilla that evolve throughout the dose. Pairs well with citrus desserts. Source Cachaçaria Nacional.

Produced at the Alambique Escola Taverna de Minas, in Itaverava, Minas Gerais, every detail and stage of the cachaça production is worked as an artistic process, without additional chemicals or dyes, which in the end results in a masterpiece that comes out of the still. copper. Manufacturing is marked by sustainable and coherent practices of artisanal production and careful fermentation, in which there is a mix of selected and wild yeasts, thus preserving the Minas Gerais terroir of the Mantiqueira region. It is one of the most awarded cachaças from Minas Gerais in national and international spirits competitions thanks to the producers' passion for the legitimate Brazilian distillate. Cachaça Taverna Mineira Amburana 600ml is stored for one year in amburana barrels, a typical Brazilian wood. Light, has an alcohol content of 39%. In the aroma, sweet, woody and spicy notes stand out.

Alambique Engenho da Cana is located in Ouro Branco, Minas Gerais. The property produces five own brands and an incredible mix of flavors designed to be present at all times. In the DNA of the producers are the characteristics of a legitimate Cachaça Artesanal, where care in manufacturing goes from planting to bottling. Only the heart of the drink, which is the noble part of the distillation, is used. All waste is used as a source of energy or fertilizer, so that production is sustainable and environmentally friendly. Cachaça Porcão Red Meal was ordered from Alambique Engenho da Cana to be sold exclusively at Churrascaria Porcão in Belo Horizonte. This is a Blend created by the cachaça brand Alambique de Minas. It is a drink aged for three years in French oak barrels with a light touch of amburana, a typically Brazilian wood. Light, has an alcohol content of 40%. Pleases different palates.