Ocho Tequila Reposado 50cl

Produced by the Camarena family in conjunction with Tomas Estes (Cafe Pacifico, La Perla), aged gently for 2 months for a nutty soft vanilla flavour.

NOM: 1474

Aroma: delicate, soft, vanilla

Palate: fine almond, vanilla with slight cinnamon notes, vegetal, very little evidence of oak or woodiness, chewy, warm mouth-feel and a long subtle finish

Interesting fact:

Region: Jalisco (Los Altos), single estate

Age of agave when harvested: they harvest the agaves at 7- 10 years, when they are over ripe and full of sugars and acids for concentrated complex flavours

Oven type: slow cooking in brick ovens

Extraction method: mechanical roller

Fermentation: Fermentation takes place in small (3,000 litre capacity) wooden pine vats made. Proprietary, indigenous, natural yeast is used. The open vats allow airborne yeast and bacteria to freely mix with the must. Fermentation lasts between 4-5 days (96-120 hours), depending on the weather.

Still type: double distilled in steel first and then copper

Aging: aged for 2 months in 200 liter American Oak barrels, previously used for ageing American Whiskey. Tequila Ocho uses barrels of many previous fillings -which have become ‘neutralized’- for the minimum time allowed by law to retain as much agave essence as possible.

ABV: 40%