Product Description
This single blended rum is 50% estate grown cane juice distilled on a copper pot still, and 50% molasses distilled on a modified french style column still. The sugarcane varietal is Saccharum Officinarum, grown at 4180 feet above sea level in red volcanic soil. Bottled at 46% ABV.
This "Rum" is a protected denomination of origin spirit from Mexico known as Charanda. Made in the State of Michoacán in the vicinity of the prominently agricultural City of Uruapan. Named after a hill range in the area called 'Cerro de la Charanda' where the first distillery was built in the region, Charanda is a term in Purépecha language meaning 'red-colored soil'.
- Single estate 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 and pressed using a water-powered mill
- Blend of 50% fresh pressed sugarcane and 50% molasses
- Fresh cane sees open-air fermentation for 11 days; molasses close-fermented for 48 hours
- Cane juice distilled twice in 1,000-liter, wood-fired, copper pot stills
- Molasses distilled using a short, French-style column still
- Aged for 22 months in ex-bourbon barrels
- Uruapan Charanda’s signature bright, tropical fruit flavors are enveloped in a warming, confectionary embrace of clove and toasted coconut with a whisp of smoke and banana esters on the finish
- 46% ABV
