Wild Common Anejo Lote 1: 23 barrels, buff trace, 14 months, barreled at cask strength @ 48% (angles share brought it to 47.4), #4 Char Sweet Orchard fruit like baked apple but also has some orange notes, cinnamon & honey with some sweet barrel notes. Caramel, vanilla, brown sugar. Great balance, a good punch of cooked agave. 47.4 ABV Horno cooked at NOM 1123 Deep well water This is a combination of Tahona and roller mill, S/S Fermentation with fibers and cement fermentation without fibers s/s and copper distillation. Absolutely delicious. Lote 2 will be Weller’s!!!!
Aged 1123 expressions are some of my favorites and this one is no different! Exceptional expression from Wild Common, proof is awesome on this and the mouthfeel and texture is phenomenal!
The nose is so pleasant. You get earthy valley agave with dry minerals and then caramel and baking spices from the barrel. It’s a great combo of valley agave and bourbon barrels. The flavors pop thanks to the higher proof. The baked agave is dense and earthy. There’s a nice dark peppery spice that comes from the American oak bourbon barrels and valley agaves. The agave sweetness punches through but the barrel notes kick in too. There is an excellent balance of agave, barrel and proof. This is an excellent Añejo!
High-proof tequilas, once only for hardcore drinkers, are now being released at a steady pace. Why?
While aficionados tend to prefer blanco tequilas, and imbibers of dark spirits usually gravitate towards añejos, the reposado category is often overlooked.