Uruapan Charanda - Single Agricola Rum (750ml)

This Mexican Agricola Rum softer and a touch less funky than many of its Caribbean cousins. But it has the texture, depth of flavor, and nuance of thte best Caribbean agricoles. The nose has layers of double cream and vanilla ice cream while the initial sip offers a spicy peppery kick. This is followed vanilla and more creamy notes, fresh-baked bread, banana and other fruity flavors. This is backed up by typical grassy Rhum Agricole like aromas of freshly cut cane.

Drink it on its own or cocktails as a more flavorful rum substitute. 

2019 ULTIMATE SPIRITS CHALLENGE
93 points, Excellent, Highly Recommended
Lively aromas of fresh spring flowers and fields of tender grass give way to suggestions of roasted plantain and other tropical notes. Soft and round in the mouth the tropical fruit flavors bloom on the tongue, leaving a tingling clean spiciness.

Single-estate agricole-style sugarcane spirit produced by the historic Pacheco family in Uruapan, Michoacán
D.O., single-estate-grown sugarcane cultivated over 4,000 feet above sea level
Distilled from 100% sugarcane juice pressed by a water-powered mill
Open-air fermented at least 10 days
Distilled twice in 1,000-liter, wood-fired, copper pot stills
Earthy and mineralic with flavors of papaya, banana, and freshly cut grass
46.5% ABV

This 100% freshly pressed sugarcane spirit is most evocative of a vegetal, umami-rich agricole-style rum and can add an incredibly unique and slightly smokey twist to your next cocktail!

In 1907, Don Cleofas Murgia Pacheco transitioned from distilling mezcal to the more immediately profitable model of distilling sugarcane. Uruapan Charanda is actually named for the city of Uruapan, due to the Pacheco’s longstanding history in the community. Miriam Pacheco carries on the family tradition of making Uruapan Charanda and runs the business today. The family’s desire to protect and preserve the region’s tradition of cane distillation is best exemplified by the efforts of Miriam’s brother, Fernando Pecheco, who lobbied to create the D.O. protecting charanda in 2013.

Uruapan Charanda and the historic brand Sol Tarasco—named after the Pacheco family’s distillery—are made from 100% D.O., estate-grown sugarcane that is freshly pressed by a water-powered mill. The Pacheco’s sugarcane is grown at an elevation of 4,180 feet above sea level in a tropical, diurnal climate surrounded by fields of mango trees, berry bushes, and over five varieties of bananas, all contributing to the unique terroir imparted during fermentation. The cane juice is open-air fermented in wooden vats for eleven days while the molasses sees a 48-hour closed fermentation. The fermented cane juice is then twice distilled in 1,000-liter, wood-fired copper pot stills, and molasses is distilled in a short, French-style column still. All of these factors contribute to the complexity of Uruapan Charanda and Sol Tarasco, which deliver intricate, fragrant, and deeply flavorful cane distillates.