Aqara Agave de Los Andes Plateado (75cl, 40%)

An unaged Peruvian agave spirit from Aqara, distilled in Caraz in the Ancash region of the Andes. It is double-distilled in copper pot stills from wild A. americana expansa gentry and A. cordillerensis agave, harvested at around ten years old at 7,000-plus feet, steam-cooked for seven hours and fermented for three days. Rested for at least three months with no wood contact, it lands somewhere between a tequila and a pisco, with flowers, tropical fruit and peach pit on the nose, a round palate of nectarine and orange blossom, and a finish of dried hay, soil and minerality.