Santa Clara Rompope
Santa Clara Rompope is a 13% ABV (26 proof) Mexican cream liqueur in a 750mL bottle — Mexico's traditional eggnog-style liqueur made from fresh cream, eggs, cane sugar, vanilla, and warm cinnamon, from the country's #1 rompope brand, available to order online at Del Mesa Liquor, San Diego, CA.
- ABV: 13% (26 proof) — consistent across sources; one marketplace listing's 30% claim treated as an error
- Size: 750mL (1L is the standard Mexican format)
- Style: rompope — Mexico's convent-born eggnog liqueur: fresh milk/cream, egg yolks, sugar, vanilla, cinnamon, spirit
- Production: all-natural ingredients (unlike competitors using artificial flavorings); distributed in Mexico by Casa Cuervo
- Origin: Mexico — the leading commercial rompope brand in the country
Mexico's Eggnog, Straight From the Convent
Rompope's legend starts in the convents of colonial-era Puebla, where Clarissan nuns refined an egg-yolk-and-milk recipe over centuries — the Santa Clara name carries that heritage straight into the modern bottle. As the leading commercial rompope brand in Mexico, Santa Clara's pitch is natural ingredients: fresh cream, eggs, cane sugar, and vanilla with warm cinnamon spice, no artificial flavorings. At 13% ABV it pours like a dessert on its own — velvety, custard-rich, cinnamon-warmed — and it doubles as a holiday baking ingredient in Mexican pastries and desserts. Browse our liqueurs shelf, explore the Santa Clara range, or compare other cream liqueurs.
Tasting Notes
Warm cinnamon and vanilla on the nose. The palate is velvety and cream-forward — custard-like egg-yolk richness, baking spice mid-palate — finishing medium and custard-smooth with lingering cinnamon warmth. Balanced rather than cloying.
How to Enjoy
Chilled and straight as a dessert pour — that's the classic. It also goes over ice cream, into coffee, or into holiday baking the way eggnog does up north.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is rompope?
Mexico's traditional eggnog-style liqueur — fresh cream or milk, egg yolks, sugar, vanilla, cinnamon, and spirit — originating in colonial-era Puebla's convents.
How strong is it?
13% ABV — lighter than most cream liqueurs, which is why it drinks like a dessert.
Is it like eggnog?
Same family, different accent: rompope leans on cinnamon, vanilla, and custard richness rather than nutmeg.
What is it made with?
Fresh cream, eggs, cane sugar, vanilla, and cinnamon — Santa Clara markets all-natural ingredients.
Bring Mexico's classic dessert liqueur home — order Santa Clara Rompope online from Del Mesa Liquor in San Diego, CA.