El Pintor Tequila Joven (75cl, 41%)

A joven tequila from the highlands of Jalisco, made by El Pintor from blue agave. It blends blanco with extra anejo aged 3–4 years in used bourbon barrels, then is filtered to remove most colour while retaining barrel character. Created by Maestro Tequilero Guillermo Barroso Arnaud from 8-year private-estate blue agave, it is produced with autoclave cooking, ancestral hacienda yeasts and twice distillation in a 100-year-old copper pot still. It shows cooked agave, vanilla, oak, dried cherries and earth, with a fruity, medium-to-full body and a long, spicy oak finish.