Paladar Reposado Tempranillo Cask Tequila (70cl, 40%)

A reposado tequila from Paladar, finished in American oak barrels that previously held Tempranillo wine. It is made by the Orendain family at NOM 1109 in Tequila, Jalisco, from 100% Blue Weber agave grown for seven years in the family's own fields, slow-cooked in brick ovens, fermented with a proprietary and wild yeast blend in open-air pine boxes and twice distilled in stainless pot stills with copper coils. After resting in oak, it is finished in the Tempranillo casks and bottled at 40% ABV. The nose shows cooked agave, vanilla, caramel and red fruit, with an elegant, gently dry palate of soft cherry and berry fruit, a hint of tannin and vanilla and caramel carrying to a clean, lightly drying finish.