This bottle might be missing a box or have a torn label, but the liquid inside is all good.
Here we have Velho Barreiro 'yellow label', a light, easy-going Brazilian Cachaça made at the Tatuzinho distillery. It's produced by double distilling sugar cane juice in a column still, and then ageing the liquid in a large oak vat to enhance the complex vegetal flavours. This ought to make a mean Caipirinha. Very nicely packaged too...
Nose
Herby vegetal aromas alongside lime and lemon citrus peel, apples and a little brown sugar.
Palate
Earthy and spiced straight off the bat, with black pepper. Tangy citrus with crisp apples and pears, gently sweet with a good pinch of baking spices.
Finish
Natural sweet notes linger, along with slightly charred vegetal notes.
