Detalles de Producion | |
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NOM : |
1502
,
(Previously:
1454
)
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Tipo de agave : | Tequilana Weber , |
Región de agave : | Jalisco (Tequila Valley) , |
Región : | Jalisco (Los Valles) , |
Cocinando : | Autoclave (low pressure) , |
Extracción : | Roller Mill , |
Fuente de agua : | Deep well water , |
Fermentación : | 100% agave, Stainless steel tanks, Fermentation without fibers , |
Destilación : | 2x distilled , |
Estilo de destilación : | Stainless Steel Pot , |
Maturation : | Whisky barrels, Used barrels , |
ABV : | 40% abv (80-proof) |
Otra : | No additives |
A list of 10 tequilas that make interesting sipping tequilas. Some are better known and widely distributed, others less so. It all depends, of course, on your knowledge of tequila.
Until recently, we hadn’t cared much for reposado — tequila that has been aged in oak barrels from 2 to 12 months. It seems too middle-of-the-road: like blanco (no barrel aging) without the bite, añejo (aged for longer than a year) without the flavor. But
A little over a year ago, America's favorite talk show host Oprah Winfrey shut down one of Chicago's busiest streets for a star-studded street party to kick off the 24th season of her show and says: "Nice party. We just need a few tequila shots."
NOM 1454 White letter label. Tried side by side with WB 2020 this has many of the aged qualities of the Fortaleza. Unique to the Fortaleza are the sour cider/beer tail end and some creaminess in the mouth but everything else is very close, aroma, barrel spice, color from aging which in both is a pale straw. The suggestion for comparison came from Khrys Maxwell and was spot on.