Within the little city of Pitangui, the hills rise from the Pará River and roll throughout the panorama. The Santo Antônio das Pitangueiras Ranch, the place Nossa is made out of discipline to nonetheless, is perched simply above city. It was inbuilt 1715 when the primary settlers got here to the Minas Gerais area seeking gold and in want of a very good drink. On the time, Minas was the frontier, however, because the mines grew, it grew to become a hub of the nation’s economic system.
José Otávio de Carvalho Lopes, referred to as Zé by his pals, grew up close to Pitangui and discovered to make cachaça from his father. To earn a residing, he left the area however returned in 1977 and purchased the ranch. He discovered an previous copper nonetheless in a barn and, after he and his spouse Rosana renovated the home they figured they’d attempt to make a bit of cachaça. The primary run was tough, however they received a greater with each small batch, sharing their spirit with pals at events and refining their approach with every spherical of suggestions.
Quickly, the neighbors needed greater than a sip, so Zé and Rosana constructed the Santíssima Distillery subsequent to the previous farmhouse, planted new fields of cane and began to promote a few of their spirit. What started a long time in the past as a household custom of creating moonshine for events has change into one of the vital embellished cachaças within the nation. Now, their daughter Manu and her husband David reside on the farm and their granddaughter performs within the fields.
For Zé, making cachaça together with his household is an opportunity to raise his heritage and honor the lengthy historical past of cachaça that traces again 500 years to the primary Europeans to reach in Brazil. Nossa is distilled simply as soon as in a copper pot nonetheless and aged in native Amburana wooden barrels.
GSN’s Remarks: In case you’ve by no means scented Amburana wooden aged spirits, you’re in for an actual deal with. This cachaça has a heady and fairly wooden ahead nostril. Spicy, unique, funky and contemplative are all good adjectives to explain this spirit. The style is maybe extra delicate at first, seemingly very mellow and simple, however after a couple of seconds the distinctive character of the wooden involves the fore. In some methods, it is analogous to caramel, spice cake, vanilla frosting and butterscotch. The cachaça itself makes for a high-quality canvas for the wooden’s flavors to paint. We actually take pleasure in a snifter of this after a meal or as the bottom for a tiki-style cocktail. GSN Score: A
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