Estancia Tequilana Destilado de Agave

• Destilado de agave produced by Estancia Distillery in La Estancia de Landeros, Jalisco
• Maestro Destilador Alfredo Salvatierra
• Distilled from 100% Azul aka Blue Weber (Agave tequiliana)
• Cooked in an adobe oven (akin to a pizza oven)
• Open-air fermented for two weeks in amphora clay pots
• Distilled twice using a traditional copper pot still
• A fresh and savory nose of celery, Asian pear, and Dan Dan noodles leads to aloe, chard, and underripe prickly pear on the palate with a finish of fresh lychee and a hint of muscat grape. Dynamic and enchanting.
• 43% ABV

Raicilla does not allow for the variety Agave tequilana in commercial productions, but it’s easy to see why maestro raicillero Alfredo Salvatierra would choose to distill it: Jalisco is fairly surrounded by the species. It is continuously fascinating to reframe the most widely consumed agave in the world under the unique lens of heritage distilling techniques, and Alfredo’s tequilana, like his raicilla, is a particularly approachable and crowd-pleasing example!