Avua Amburana Cachaca

Avua Amburana Cachaca is Brazil's national spirit aged the Brazilian way: an 80-proof (40% ABV) cachaca rested up to two years in native amburana hardwood in this 750mL bottle — and it is available to order online at Del Mesa Liquor, San Diego, CA.

Avua is produced at Fazenda da Quinta in Carmo, Rio de Janeiro — a family distillery founded in 1923 — for the Avuá brand created in 2009. Hand-cut estate sugarcane is ground with a waterwheel, fermented under 24 hours with wild airborne yeasts, and distilled in a copper alembic pot still. Instead of oak, this expression rests in amburana — a native South American hardwood — giving a spice profile no oak-aged spirit can copy.

Tasting notes: baking spices (cardamom, anise, allspice) with a light, distinctive woodiness on the nose; nutmeg and hay front and center, herbaceous, with crème brûlée and citrus peel; a warm, earthy finish with more anise and spice.

Why buy the Amburana? Because amburana wood is cachaca's secret weapon — cinnamon-bark spice and warmth that makes this bottle a bartender's favorite and a caipirinha upgrade. Browse the cachaca collection, the rum collection, and the Avua brand collection.

Serving note: an extraordinary caipirinha; also superb neat at room temperature to taste the wood.

What is cachaca? Brazil's national spirit, distilled from fresh sugarcane juice (not molasses) — the base of the caipirinha.

What is amburana? A native Brazilian hardwood used instead of oak for aging; it gives warm baking-spice and cinnamon notes.

What is the ABV? 40% ABV (80 proof), 750mL. No age statement; rested up to two years.

How is it different from rum? Cachaca must be made from fresh cane juice and distilled in Brazil; most rum is molasses-based.