Avua Amburana Cachaca

Really interesting stuff Has a lot of cinnamon and allspice notes, from the Amburana wood. The Amburana also gives it some sweetness, and makes it smooth. Use it in tiki cocktails that call for Martinique Rhum/Rhum Agricole, especially ones like Three Dots and a Dash, Last Rites, and the Donga Punch.

I’ve been drinking my way through the cachaças in this line and this one is a stand-out. The aging in the amburana wood has added a bold baking-spice element that’s really lovely. There’s a good cocktail with it as well, though it’s a great supper: 2oz amburana cachaça; 1oz oloroso sherry; 1/2oz giffard’s Banane de Brésil c/o @cocktailwonk I believe. Santé!

Visually every detail in this bottle is great! This smells like apple & cinnamon and maybe peach and banana all together. It tastes what it snells like with a bit of alcohol burn. Easy to sip neat!

The wood certainly has a great effect on the flavor. Cinnamon, spicy and great as a sipper. Recommended.

solid overall, very smooth but I usually dislike aged cane rums because they lose the intensity and funk of the base, and agree here. Not too different from oak

Tasted at Laka Lono June 26, 2022
Finished the bottle for them :)
This is a very true to cachaca form, with a little sweet thrown in.

Tasted at Laka Lono on 4/4/21. Has a spicy aroma of sandalwood. Vanilla and mildly sweet. Soft and smooth finish. This is delightful and my pick of the Avua offerings.

After reading all of the reviews for all of these artisan cachacas, I decided to go back to that liquor store and pick up their Amburana. Lucky for me, it was only $10 more than the Prata that I already have at home. They had the Tapinhoa, but it was almost twice the price of this $40 bottle.

Both the Amburana and Tapinhoa are Brazilian hardwoods that are endangered due to loss of habitat. Their website says that these hardwood casks were "commissioned". I don't know if that means using casks that have been around before these woods were declared endangered or whether it means environmental mitigation from replanting. At any rate, I was hesitant to buy something aged in endangered hardwood, but I figured that if I wanted to try authentic Brazilian, then this was my chance.

So what is the verdict in a side by side taste between the Prata and this Amburana? The Prata is at 84 proof and this one is at 80 proof. The Prata is crystal clear and this one is pale yellow. The aromas of both are hard to tell apart. The Amburana smooths out much of the hogo funk and also has less of a burn at the end. Is the Amburana worth the extra $10 plus being very hard to find? I think so. On an after note, the strong smell of cinnamon and exotic tropical hardwood came from my empty glass the next morning. Maybe the other flavors obliterate these more exotic flavors while drinking it. I did buy another bottle of this one when my first one ran out.

Since this is my top rated cachaca from Avua, don't even dare to think of using it for caipirinhas. This is a fine neat sipper only!!!! The oak cask from Avua is right behind it in my overall rankings. Both are neat sippers only!

With a subtle dark berry flavor toward the end of it all, it's better than many.

Avuá(av-wah) Cachaça is a darn good cachaça. This is made even better and more unique in that it has been aged in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amburana wood. It tastes of cinnamon and "je ne sais quoi". It's nose is pleasantly spicy and almost tangy.