Uruapan Charanda Cana Mexicana Blanco Single Agricola Rum
Uruapan Charanda Cana Mexicana Blanco Single Agricola Rum is the purest expression of Mexico's protected cane spirit — a single-agricola Charanda pressed from one sugarcane variety, Cana Mexicana, and bottled unaged at 46% ABV (92 proof) in a 750mL bottle. Charanda carries a Denominación de Origen: it can be made only in the highlands of Michoacán, where the Pacheco family has distilled at Casa Tarasco in Uruapan for over a century. It is available to order online at Del Mesa Liquor, San Diego, CA.
- Proof / ABV: 92 proof (46% ABV)
- Size: 750mL
- Spirit: Charanda — Denominación de Origen, Michoacán, Mexico
- Cane: 100% single-variety cane juice (Cana Mexicana), Saccharum officinarum
- Distillery: Casa Tarasco, Uruapan — Pacheco family, est. 1907
Charanda's Single-Variety Cane Trilogy
Where Uruapan's classic blue-bottle Blanco blends cane-juice pot-still spirit with molasses column spirit, the Single Agricola line is cane juice only — Saccharum officinarum grown past 4,000 feet in Michoacán's red volcanic soil, pressed, fermented, and double-distilled on a copper pot still, then rested in steel and bottled unaged. The Cana Mexicana edition isolates one cane variety's voice: expect a grassy, mineral, almost mezcal-like funk rather than a neutral white rum. Explore the Uruapan collection, browse more rum, and shop the full spirits shelf at Del Mesa.
Tasting Notes
An intense, savory cane spirit: fresh-cut grass and green cane juice, lime, salt, chalky minerals, and white pepper, with tropical-fruit ferment notes (pineapple, tart cherry) and a long, dry, peppery finish. Reviewers liken the Single Agricola style to clairin and unaged agricole — built for the curious, not the cautious.
How to Enjoy
Pour it in a copita neat to meet the cane head-on, or put it to work where grassy cane spirits shine: a Ti' Punch, a Mexican mojito, or a daiquiri that wants a new voice.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Charanda?
Charanda is Mexico's protected cane spirit — a Denominación de Origen, like Martinique agricole or Brazilian cachaça — made only in the highlands of Michoacán around Uruapan, and named for the hill of red soil where the region's first distillery was built.
What does "Single Agricola" mean?
It means the spirit is made from 100% fresh cane juice with no molasses — the Mexican equivalent of rhum agricole — versus Uruapan's classic Blanco, which blends cane-juice pot-still spirit with molasses column spirit.
What is Cana Mexicana?
Cana Mexicana is the sugarcane variety this edition is pressed from; Uruapan bottles the Mexicana, Cristalina, and Criolla varieties separately so drinkers can taste each cane's character.
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