Corzo
This triple-distilled blend from the highlands is sipping tequila across the three varieties, but can also serve to perfect any of your favorite tequila cocktails. The stunning bottles are the creation of Fabien Baron, the French designer whose work includes some of the most iconic perfume bottles of our time.
Region: Highlands
Supplier: Bacardi
100% Weber’s Blue Agave
Silver
Notes: It takes 22 pounds of agave to make each bottle.
Color: Clear
Nose: Soft, rich agave with hints of tangerine/Valencia orange, with a touch of mint.
Flavor: Soft and thick with a spicy lime tone. The flavor didn’t match the nose to me but it was extremely pleasant. Finishes full, with a little kick at the end.
Reposado
Notes: Aged in small oak barrels 2-11 months.
Color: Light straw
Nose: Oaky nose with a touch of cilantro spice to it.
Flavor: The smooth agave flavor gives way to oak and vanilla overtones with a touch of marzipan. Finish is soft and linear.
Anejo
Notes: Aged over 1 year in small white oak barrels.
Color: Golden straw.
Nose: Medium strength with oak, vanilla, and mint.
Flavor: Smooth and subtle. A spicy, woody flavor with a touch of toffee leading to a long tingly finish. A very well made tequila!
Recipe: Corzo Anejo Red Velvet
Glassware: Cocktail
Ingredients:
1 ½ oz Corzo Añejo tequila
1 ½ oz pomegranate juice
splash of pineapple juice
splash of fresh sweet & sour
Combine all ingredients into a mixing glass and fill with ice. Shake for 10 seconds and strain into a chilled cocktail glass.
Milagro
Triple-distilled and baked in clay ovens. Milagro means “miracle” in Spanish, celebrating the use of ancient, traditional methods of crafting tequila and creating extraordinary depth and unparalleled smoothness.
Region: Jalisco Highlands
Supplier: William Grant & Sons
100% estate-grown Weber’s Blue Agave
Silver
Notes: Triple-distilled.
Color: Clear
Nose: Soft and rich, almost floral.
Flavor: Viscous and sweet, a tingly sensation of agave and tropical fruit, hints of mango. Well-balanced with a smooth, long finish.
Reposado
Notes: Over-aged in small oak barrels.
Color: Light natural tint of gold
Nose: A bit subdued, subtle wood notes with a good spice. Upon time in the glass, it increased and became more pronounced. A bit more tingly!
Flavor: Soft and luxurious with a bit of a kick at the end. Good balance retaining the desert fruit with a bit of caramel.
Anejo
Notes: Aged 18 months in oak barrels for complexity.
Color: Light-medium golden straw
Nose: Soft and refined. Very integrated with a bit of lime on the top.
Flavor: Very smooth from the start with a mid-palate rush of smooth agave and a strong, not burning, finish that keeps going and going…a well-made tequila that would be well drunk neat.
Recipe: El Pepino
1.5 oz Milagro Reposado
.5 oz Bols triple sec
1 oz lime juice
.75 oz simple syrup
4 slices cucumber
4 cilantro leaves
1 jalapeño
.25 oz egg whites (optional)
Muddle cucumber and cilantro in a mixing glass. Pour in remaining ingredients, shake well with ice, and strain into a pre-chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with a thin cucumber slice.
1800 Tequila Reserva
Named after the year tequila was first known to be aged in wood. The piñas are cooked in large stone ovens.
Region: Jalisco Highlands
Supplier: Proximo spirits
100% Weber’s Blue Agave
Silver
Notes: 1800 Silver is mellowed for 2 weeks in oak barrels with just a hint of reserve tequila added to create smooth, supple tequila.
Color: Clear
Nose: White pepper seems to dominate with a nice aroma of spice cabinet and a hint of lime.
Flavor: A tangy start, high in the palate with a crisp flavor, ending in a dry agave finish. It makes for a great shooter!
Reposado
Notes: Double-distilled, aged in French and American oak for 6 months.
Color: Golden straw, a lot of color for a Reposado
Nose: Full nose with hints of citrus, butterscotch, caramel, and spice with a bit of oak to round it off.
Flavor: Rich and full masculine flavor with a bit of alcohol, surrounded with a light caramel finish.
Anejo
Notes: Double-distilled and aged in mostly French oak for up to 3 years, which causes it to develop its dark amber shade.
Color: Dark golden, the darkest so far
Nose: A wallop of rich tropical notes including a bit of charred coconut and chocolate mint, almost like fine rum.
Flavor: The flavor follows the nose with a big mid-palate kick of caramel, wood, and alcohol. A strong tequila, not lacking in flavor. I felt the finish for over a minute with a nice numbing embrace. Again, these 1800’s are for flavor-driven tequila drinkers; a lot of fun and different from the pack.
Recipe: 1800 Mexican Madras
1 1/2 oz of 1800 Reposado Tequila
2 oz cranberry juice
1 oz orange juice
Dash of lime juice
Shake over ice or blend; garnish with an orange slice.
