Cascahuin Blanco Tahona Tequila (75cl, 42%)

Cascahuin Blanco Tahona Tequila is the historic-method bottling from the El Arenal house, founded in 1904 by Salvador Rosales Briseño. It is made from 100% Blue Weber agave from Tequila Valley, Jalisco. The agave is cooked in stone or brick ovens, then crushed entirely by tahona. Fermentation is open-air with the fibres in cement tanks, using deep well water, and distillation is twice in a stainless pot still with a copper coil. It is bottled unaged. The nose opens with cooked agave, white pepper, orange blossom and citrus leaves. The palate has honeyed cooked agave, cut grass and Meyer lemon with a savoury olive-green pepper edge. The finish is long and crisp, carried by minerality.