Velho Barreiro Cachaca (Yellow Label)

Product of: Brazil

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Column distilled from fermented sugar cane juice and then aged in large oak vats for an undisclosed period. This popular brand cachaça was launched in 1975 by Indústrias Reunidas de Bebidas Tatuzinho. A black label, aged version is also available.

Review and Tasting

Sampled on 10/04/2017

Appearance:

Clear, transparent but not bright.

Aroma:

Pungent. sweetcorn, muscavado sugar and white pepper with ripe melon and pear.

Taste:

Slight sweetness, a blend of white and muscovado sugar with buttery new leather, sweetcorn, caramel, cinnamon, cumin and black pepper spice.

Aftertaste:

Lingering sugary flavours with some accompanying sweetness and faint barbecued vegetable flavours.

Overall:

Sugar cane flavours and subtle sweetness with buttery new leather, sweetcorn notes and subdued spice.