Rhum Soledade Ipê

Soledade Ipe is a Brazilian cachaca, which means it is made from fresh pressed, fermented sugar cane juice rather than molasses, the hard line that separates cachaca from most rum. It is Brazil only by law and bottled at 40%, and its defining feature is ageing in ipe, one of the native Brazilian woods that give cachaca flavours no other cane spirit can offer.

The native wood story is the most compelling angle here. The nose is sweet with green apple, vanilla and honey, the palate turns to fruitcake, marmalade and spice, and the finish carries wood, vanilla, marmalade and a pleasing depth. Tasters note it as agreeably fruity and reminiscent of sweet festive baking, a step beyond the grassy, vegetal character of unaged cachaca. As a native wood aged expression it sits as a sipping curiosity rather than a caipirinha workhorse, offering a distinctly Brazilian take on aged cane spirit for the curious.