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El Tesoro Tequila Unveils 2 New Additions To Its Mundial Collection: One Finished In Knob Creek Rye, And Another In Laphroaig 10
17.10.2023 - 01:03 / forbes.com
Whenever I find myself with a hankering for tequila (as I often do) I typically reach for one of my favorite blancos, which I much prefer over reposados and añejos. The philosophy being that the mark of a brilliant maestro tequilero is in their blanco—unaged and straight from the still and brimming with vibrant fresh agave notes that take you back to Jalisco. Truly, there’s no way to achieve a beautiful aged tequila with a rubbish blanco. Hence my partiality.
But of course, there are always exceptions.
And this year, there are two extraordinary ones: El Tesoro just released new expressions in its Mundial Collection—the Knob Creek Rye Edition, a one-time release of just over a thousand cases, and the second installment of its Laphroaig finish, which was fully matured for a full twelve months in Laphroaig 10 barrels (unlike the first edition, which was rested for only four months in the Islay whisky known for its forceful peaty notes).
“The first edition that we launched—El Tesoro Mundial—was only cask finished because we were afraid of the influence of the Laphroaig. If it might be too peaty, too smoky, too much. So for the first edition, it was a single-barrel El Tesoro reposado—nine months in oak and then finished another four months in a Laphroaig barrel,” said Carlos Camarena, third-generation master distiller at La Alteña Distillery, which produces El Tesoro. “For this edition we decided to start with blanco tequila inside the barrel, but for a full year. Because for the first edition, even in four months, we thought that the influence of the of the Laphroaig would be higher—and it was higher. And this one, to me, is more soft to the influence of the Laphroaig into tequila, even if it was for a whole year. But we still have some of those peaty notes from the Laphroaig, but in a more subtle way.”
And subtler it is. On the nose, it reads like salty vanilla bean with hints of tropical citrus (think: pomelo and Kaffir lime). But on the palate, upon the first three sips, is where the 80-proof añejo really shines. There’s a pronounced butterscotch-forward sweetness that complements Laphroaig’s smoky influence, which can be attributed to the cask’s provenance.
“This barrel started its living in Kentucky and were used in Maker’s Mark. And after that, those barrels traveled to Scotland and then were used for ten years aging Laphroaig and after those ten years, they were emptied and then came back to [North] America—in this case, Mexico, to age tequila,” Camarena said. “This is what we had in mind by thinking ‘Mundial.’ Those barrels were traveling the world into different spirits: first bourbon, and then Scotch whisky, and then tequila. What are those barrels and the previous spirits bringing to the table?
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