Tapatio Excelencia Gran Reserva Extra Añejo Tequila

Tequila: Tapatio Excelencia Gran Reserva Extra Añejo
Holy smokes! This Tapatio tequila is incredible! The Tapatio Excelencia Gran Reserva Extra Añejo is matured for around four years. A combination of casks are used, depending on the batch, including French oak and American oak. Stunning stuff all round!
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Size: 750ML
Proof: 80 (40% ABV)
Origin: Mexico
Distillery: La Altena distillery
Tapatio is the partnership between Marko Karakasevic of Charbay Distillery in northern California with Master Distiller Carlos Camarena at La Alteña distillery in Jalisco. Excelencia was distilled in 1996 and aged in Char no. 4 new American oak for four years. Here’s where it gets crazy – then it was rested in 5 liter glass vessels before bottling in 2013. Spirits can’t evolve in glass, you say? Well, agave breaks all the rules. Note: pricing is for liter sized bottle.
Tapatio Excelencia Gran Reserva Extra Añejo Tequila Tasting Notes
Nose: Hot caramel apples, intense agave and hidden floral flourish.
Palate: An explosion of earthy notes, brown sugar, traditional tequila spiciness and hint of chocolate, wrapped in a mellow blanket incurred by the oak maturation.
Finish: Extremely long and rich.
Distillery Information
Don Felipe Camarena was born into a family that had distilled tequila since back in the early 1800s but the family’s original distillery was destroyed and abandoned during the Mexican Revolution. As a young man Don Felipe followed his family’s roots by growing and selling agave to other distillers. He prospered and in 1937 opened La Alteña Distillery in the highlands of Los Altos close to the town of Arandas. Alteña literally translates as ‘lady from the highlands’.