El Tesoro Single Barrel Reposado Tequila Escaya x Del Mesa (75cl)

A single-barrel reposado tequila from El Tesoro, selected as an Escaya x Del Mesa barrel pick from La Alteña distillery in Arandas, Jalisco. It is made from 100% estate-grown Blue Weber agave from the Jalisco Highlands. Production uses stone or brick oven cooking, tahona crushing, open-air fermentation in wooden tanks with the agave fibres, and double distillation in copper pot stills. The standard reposado is a blend of many barrels, while this bottling comes from one individual barrel. La Alteña has been run by the Camarena family since 1937. In the house style of El Tesoro reposado, the glass shows straw-gold colour, with smoky oak over fruit, vanilla and a hint of dill on the nose; a robust palate of oak and cooked agave with smoke and pepper; and a pepper-forward finish with oak notes. As a single barrel, this pick may lean further into spice, fruit or oak.