Crotalo Plata Tequila (75cl, 40%)

Crotalo Plata is a blanco tequila from Tequila Embajador in Atotonilco El Alto, Jalisco, made from 100% Blue Weber agave. Unusually for a blanco, it is rested for 45 days in oak before filtration, which returns it to a clear silver while softening its edges. The production uses brick-oven cooking, roller milling and stainless-steel fermentation. It is the foundation for the rest of the Crotalo range. Per Agave Matchmaker's detected profile, cooked agave leads, with fruit, mint, cinnamon, grass, white and black pepper, florals, herbal notes and green apple on the nose, and citrus, vanilla, raw agave, olive, tangerine, anise and basil through the palate. The rest gives it an almost reposado-like roundness.