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El Tequileño

Jalisco (Los Valles)
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Nom 1108
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At the distillery - Aroma: 22 Palate: 26 Finish: 22 Value: 7 ($50) Heavy white pepper on the nose. Palate is rounder with cinnamon, agave, subtle red fruit and citrus peels.

At the distillery - Aroma: 23 Palate: 26 Finish: 22 Value: 7 ($50) Under ripe strawberries and light cream. The mass of white pepper blanco aroma gets neutralized here.

At the distillery - Aroma: 23 Palate: 25 Finish: 22 Value: 5 ($65)

At the distillery Aroma: 24 Palate: 28 Finish: 22 Value: 6 ($150) Sweet raspberries with light vanilla cream with shaved hazelnuts and dark chocolate on top!

Aromas: agave, oak, caramel, vainilla, pepper Palate: agave, pepper, oak Finish : is long and oaky

Aromas: oak, agave, apple, cherry Paladar : agave, oak, caramel, vainilla Finish is like a whiskey

Aromas: agave, citrus, minerals, naranja Paladar: agave, pepper earth, grass

Aromas: alcohol, agave, citrus, grass,minerals Paladar: agave, pepper, mint, alcohol, molasses

I visited the distillery a few years ago but they didn't have this Still Strength at the time. Found it on sale for a great price. Aroma of cooked agave, minerals, alcohol, citrus, vegetal and earth. Flavor of cooked agave, black pepper, alcohol, minerals, citrus, vegetal and earth. Finish was medium-long.

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Tequila Blind Taste Test Results (2019)

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Calgary Herald
May 10, 2019

Spirited entrepreneur buys venerable tequila distillery in Mexico

El Tequileño was purchased by Wayne Henuset as majority partner with 50 shareholders made up of his business friends in Calgary plus other Canadians, and some from the U.S. and Mexico.