Detalles de Producción | |
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NOM : | 1139 , |
Tipo de agave : | Tequilana Weber , |
Región de agave : | Jalisco (Los Altos) , |
Región : | Jalisco (Los Altos Southern) , |
Cocinando : | Stone/Brick Ovens , |
Extracción : | Tahona , |
Fuente de agua : | Deep well water , |
Fermentación : | 100% agave, Wood fermentation tanks, Open-air fermentation, Fermentation with fibers , |
Destilación : | 2x distilled , |
Estilo de destilación : | Copper Pot , |
Maduración : | Used barrels, French Oak barrels , |
ABV : | 40% abv (80-proof) |
Otra : | - |
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Lou talks about El Tesoro Paradiso Extra Añejo, in 90 seconds or less!
Blind Donkey San Diego, CA $30 Bottle almost full Champagne glass Preceded by El Tesoro Blanco The blanco is beautifully crafted, heavy on the agave and balanced between the spice with a floral, white pepper and slightly citrus aroma. I love tasting the evolution of the juice and decided to jump to the other end with El Tesoro’s legendary XA. On the aroma what is lost is any hint of agave or citrus. But what comes alive in your nose are distinct but moderate oak barrel notes. Butterscotch, cherry, and caramel are present, but don’t overwhelm the nose like some other (additive?) XAs. Both the blanco and XA are wonderfully balanced. You get no dominance or tidal wave of any single component and if you consider the evolution of this juice you can appreciate the fine barrel work used to lay the ground work for the XA. On the pallet the XA retains much of the pepper and a hint of the cooked agave present in the blanco. Of course, those notes are deeply embedded in the personality of the barrel. Surprisingly, I find the XA bolder and stronger than the blanco. Often times I feel the barrel course corrects the blanco, undercutting it’s punch. But relative to the XA, the blanco is more subtle and even than the XA. Ultimately the XA is a superbly crafted juice whose extraordinary profile emerges from a delicious blanco of the terrior and the perfectly aged barrel strategy of El Tesoro.