Volans Blanco Tequila (75cl, 40%)

A blanco tequila made at El Pandillo in Jesús María, Jalisco, under Felipe Camarena. The agave is highland-grown blue Weber agave, slow cooked in stone ovens for around twenty two hours, then cooled for up to thirty six hours before milling on a modern tahona. Water is a blend of rainwater, spring water and deep well water, and the spirit is double distilled in copper pot stills. The tequila is aerated and oxygenated, certified additive free, and unaged. It shows sweet cooked agave, citrus, white flowers and pear on the nose, then agave and pepper over crisp slate minerality on the palate, with a rounded and unusually soft mouthfeel.