Producer
Thoquino
Thoquino is a Brazilian producer of cachaça (sugarcane aguardente) marketed in 70 cl bottles at 40% ABV. Commercial sheets report production in the São João da Barra area (Campos region, state of Rio de Janeiro) and the use of fresh sugarcane juice as raw material.
- São João da Barra · Rio de Janeiro · Brazil
- 1 product
Thoquino
Meet the producer
The story
Commercial sources and company documents attribute production to a family-run operation associated with the name Thomaz/Thomaz de Aquino (Grupo Thoquino). Several profiles mention origins in the early 20th century (around 1906–1908); however, exact founding dates and an official company history are not available on an identifiable producer website, so the foundation year is not indicated here.
Production philosophy
Integrated supply-chain control: from sugarcane plantations (reported as owned in some sources) through distillation and bottling, aiming to maintain consistent quality across supplies.
Territory
São João da Barra, Campos region, state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Production method
Produced from fermented fresh sugarcane juice; according to commercial sheets fermentation is longer than industrial rum (e.g., around 8 days) and distillation is carried out multiple times to obtain the white cachaça. There are also aged expressions (the 'Dos Anos' version).
Distillation
Double distillation of fermented fresh sugarcane juice (distillation in pot stills according to commercial sheets).
Ageing
Some references are aged (e.g., 2 years) in wooden barrels; the 'Dos Anos' version is described on some importer sheets as matured in Brazilian Jetiquibá wood.
Characteristics
- Type
- Producer
- City
- São João da Barra
- Categories
- cachaça
- aguardente de cana
- Brazilian spirits
- Raw materials
- fresh sugarcane juice
- Casks and ageing vessels
- Jetiquibá
- Representative products
- Thoquino Cachaca 70cl
- Thoquino Dos Anos (2 years) - aged version
What makes it distinctive
- Cachaça made 100% from fresh sugarcane juice
- Commonly marketed format: 70 cl, 40% ABV
- Production linked to a family operation identified as Thomaz/Thomaz de Aquino (Grupo Thoquino)
- Available both as a white expression and in aged versions (e.g., 2 years)