Alma del Jaguar Single Barrel Reposado Tequila

TASTING NOTES

• "Very layered and nuanced, each sip gives you something different."

• "Apricots and apples combined with cinnamon and ginger."

• "Almost zero oak or vanilla."

• "This tequila tastes like Fall feels. Maddie and Jay both love it equally, and that's kinda rare!"

• "An enchanting chilly weather sipper to ponder by a fire, and would make an extraordinary Old Fashioned."

Production Notes

Source:

Feliciano Vivanco Distillery, Arandas, Jalisco, Los Altos. NOM 1414, since 1929.

Agave:

100% sustainably farmed, hand-harvested highland blue weber agave.

Cooking:

Stone / brick ovens.

Milling:

Roller-mill, 100% first-press free run agave juice.

Yeast:

Dual batches are prepared with two unique yeasts, wild & Champagne yeasts, resulting in distinct yet complementary flavor profiles.

Fermentation (Mozart Method):

Using open-air stainless steel tanks, agave fibers from the milling process are added back to fermentation to enhance complexity. Classical music is played during fermentation to stimulate the yeast, so it dances.

Distillation:

Each tequila ferment is double-distilled in hand-crafted Mexican copper pot stills, with the final blend consisting of 80% wild yeast and 20% Champagne yeast.

Maturation:

Aged two months in American White Oak and one month in French Oak.

Water:

The proprietary Vivanco Ranch 800-foot-deep well is rich in terroir-expressive minerality.

Bottling:

Bottled unfiltered by hand at the source. Water, agave, and yeast.