Excessive notes of lemon cream sweet, butterscotch, hibiscus, agave nectar, oak and baking spice mix for an extremely balanced pour whose end is vivid, tingly, clear and quick.
BOTTLE DETAILS
- DISTILLER: Tequila Ocho
- MASH BILL: 100% Blue Weber Agave harvested from the Rancho Corralillos property
- AGE: 12 months in Outdated Fitzgerald wheated bourbon barrels from the 10-year-old Spring 2023 Decanter Sequence
- YEAR: 2025
- PROOF: 96 (48% ABV)
- MSRP: $110
- BUY ONLINE: Tequila Ocho bottle locator
STEVE’S NOTES
SHARE WITH: Tequila followers who actually recognize nuances and one thing this distinctive.
WORTH THE PRICE: Sure. It is Tequila Ocho, for heaven’s sake, so it is at all times well worth the worth.
BOTTLE, BAR OR BUST: Bottle, if you could find it.
OVERALL: Tequila Ocho grasp distiller Carlos Camarena is obsessive about utilizing nice blue Weber agave for his spirits. He chooses crops from about three dozen estates, makes use of solely single estates harvests in every bottling, then locations that particular property title on each bottle.
Only for enjoyable, my spouse and a buddy as soon as did a vertical tasting of six totally different plata releases–once more, all from totally different estates–to see if the variations between every property had been noticeable. They weren’t simply noticeable, variations created by terroir particular to every property had been really pronounced. I like to recommend every other fan gather a number of bottles and do the identical.
This anejo launch is the primary of two that shall be aged in used Outdated Fitzgerald casks and launched concurrently. The primary comes from the deep, clay-like soil of Rancho Corralillos.
On the nostril is basic Ocho, one of the vital recognizable and constant tequila aromas within the trade: roasted-agave-forward richness, spring flowers and honeysuckle. A few sniffs later sees subtler nuances of confectioner’s sugar, boiling caramel and black pepper come ahead.
How Camarena preserves such pronounced agave character after prolonged barrel getting old speaks volumes about his ability and 4 many years of expertise. It additionally speaks to his desire towards barrel getting old for esterification influences on taste verses blunter wooden impacts.
On the palate, the upper proof (96 vs. the frequent normal of 80 proof) ensures a waves of barrel spice push into each nook and cranny of the mouth. Excessive notes of lemon cream sweet, butterscotch, hibiscus, agave nectar, oak and baking spice mix for an extremely balanced pour whose end is vivid, tingly, clear and quick.
Realizing what I do about Ocho merchandise, this spirit will proceed to shock and delight within the bottle as extra air works in. With my 200ml pattern almost gone, now it is time to hunt for a full bottle.
- Editor’s word. We initially acknowledged that Rancho Corralillos was positioned within the Jalisco lowlands. It’s a highlands agave property.
BRAND NOTES
Tequila Ocho, the world’s unique single property tequila, right this moment broadcasts the newest launch in its vary of barrel choose vintages: a collaboration with legendary Kentucky Bourbon model, Outdated Fitzgerald, crafted by Heaven Hill Distillery.
In a partnership that brings collectively a pair of the spirits trade’s most revered manufacturers, two 2023 vintages of Tequila Ocho Añejo Barrel Choose Outdated Fitzgerald shall be launched concurrently: one made with agaves harvested from the deep, clay-like soil of low-altitude Rancho Corralillos, and one other with agaves harvested from Rancho Potrero Grande, close to Jesus Maria, the city of origin for the household of third-generation tequilero and fifth-generation agave farmer Carlos Camarena. Each fields are overseen by the Camarena household and have microclimates that produce agaves with nuanced taste variations.
Tasting Notes
- Nostril: Toasted coconut, nuts, cherries, darkish chocolate, whisper of wheat, maple syrup, roasted pineapple and light-weight minerality
- Palate: Espresso, toffee, toasted oak, orange peel and plenty of cacao
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