Alambique Serrano Vida Nativa Single Cask #7 Arbol de Pipe Rum
Alambique Serrano Vida Nativa Single Cask #7 Arbol de Pipe Rum is a cask-strength, single-origin Oaxacan rum from the Krassel family in Santa Maria Tlalixtac, Oaxaca, Mexico, bottled at 49.6% ABV (99.2 proof) in a 700mL bottle, with no water, sugar or coloring added. A four-year-old single cask of Krassel still rum, it aged 35 months in a new French oak cask and finished 13 months in a Hungarian oak ex-red wine cask. The Vida Nativa name honors the Arbol de Pipe, the scarlet-flowered coral tree (Erythrina americana). Just 290 bottles were filled from the cask. It is available to order online at Del Mesa Liquor.
- Style: Single cask Krassel still rum, Vida Nativa series
- ABV: 49.6% ABV (99.2 proof), cask strength
- Size: 700mL
- Producer: Krassel family, Alambique Serrano
- Region: Santa Maria Tlalixtac, Oaxaca, Mexico
- Cask: 35 months in new French oak, finished 13 months in a Hungarian oak ex-red wine cask (4 years total)
- Release: Vida Nativa Single Cask #7, limited to 290 bottles
Four Years, Two Oaks, One Tree In Bloom
The Krassel family has distilled sugarcane spirit on the steep hillsides of Santa Maria Tlalixtac, in Oaxaca's Canada region, for three generations - German immigrant Max Krassel began with a handmade still on a coffee farm in the 1930s, and today his grandsons Rommel, Axel and William run the stills. Every Alambique Serrano rum starts with organic Java-varietal cane grown between 2,500 and 3,800 feet, hand-harvested and pressed in mobile mills, fermented with wild yeast, and distilled on the family's custom-built Krassel column and copper pot stills. Nothing is added - no sugar, no coloring, no flavoring - and PM Spirits imports the rums to the United States. The Arbol de Pipe is a deciduous coral tree that flowers late in the dry season in thousands of scarlet blooms - a delicacy in regional dishes and a nectar source for hummingbirds and bats along the road from Santa Maria Tlalixtac to Cuicatlan. The rum named for it is the most mature Vida Nativa single cask: four full years across French and Hungarian oak, the red wine cask lending a vinous, berry-toned frame. Discover the rest of the series in our rum collection.
Tasting Notes
Cotton candy, orange creamsicle, grated nutmeg, spearmint and pine on the nose, with a touch of must. The palate is silky from the first attack - sandalwood, orange oil, graham crackers, allspice and a hint of raisins and raspberries.
How to Enjoy
A contemplative neat pour at cask strength - the gentlest strength in the Vida Nativa set and the most wine-like. Compare it with Vida Nativa Single Cask #6 Zacua for the jackfruit-cask counterpoint, or browse more single casks in our rare and top shelf collection and Holiday Gift Guide.
Frequently Asked Questions
How old is Single Cask #7?
Four years - 35 months in new French oak plus a 13-month finish in a Hungarian oak ex-red wine cask.
What is the Arbol de Pipe?
Erythrina americana, the coral tree - its scarlet flowers are eaten in regional dishes and feed hummingbirds and bats across the Canada region.
What proof is it?
49.6% ABV (99.2 proof), bottled at cask strength with no additives.
How many bottles were made?
290 bottles from the single cask.
Order Alambique Serrano Vida Nativa Single Cask #7 Arbol de Pipe from Del Mesa Liquor in San Diego, CA - available to order online at Del Mesa Liquor.