Aguaviva Cachaça History
The Rocha family has been producing cachaça since 1902. The sugar cane is chopped from the fields inside the property of 1,500 acres of forest, pasture and sugar cane fields. A great differential of Aguaviva Cachaça is the grinding system. The grinding is done manually with the whole cane, process in which only its juice is extracted, without the incorporation of substances present in the bark and the bagasse. This system allows the appropriation of a juice of extreme quality that can even be consumed “in natura”: the cane juice.
There is an interesting symbol on Aguaviva’s label reflecting the influence of the undeniable African migration in Brazil. Aguaviva chooses the Egúngún as a symbol of their respect for nature, for the land. This is also why Aguaviva Cachaça is produced under the biodynamic production process, where we exclude the use of artificial chemicals on soil and plants.