- Blanco tequila produced by Familia Landeros (NOM 1599) in El Medineo, Jalisco
- Maestro Tequilero Ren Carranza
- 100% Azul aka Blue Weber (Agave tequilana)
- Cooked 16 hours using a small autoclave
- Crushed using a small roller mill
- 95% of the blend is naturally fermented for 510 days in open-air stainless steel vats without fibers using only ambient yeast; 5% is a micro-batch fermented with fibers in an open, 8-liter stainless pot still using only ambient yeast
- 95% distilled twice using stainless steel pot stills, 5% is distilled twice in an 8-liter stainless steel pot still
- Lovely and loud, practically climbing out of the glass with bold aromatics of roasted apple, sweet potato, pomegranate, toasted cinnamon, orange and lime zests, wet stone, bamboo, and pineapple cake. The palate makes good on those promises and more, with a silky texture and a subtle heat that makes a late appearance following notes of cooked parsnip, honeycomb, lemon curd, white pepper, a touch of clove and fennel seed, and damp tree bark.
- 46% ABV
Maestro tequilero Ren Carranza has been developing a reputation for his tinkering and experimentationhis passion and curiosity for the art of distillationas much as for his superlative work producing Atanasio Tequila. After acquiring a tiny 8-liter stainless steel pot still, Ren began playing with different raw ingredients, filling his still with crushed pears or other fruits, open-top fermenting with ambient yeast, and distilling the tiniest amount to share with friends and visitors as he explored the possibilities. The same experimental approach is here applied to a tiny amount of his cooked agave, which is mashed and loaded to the edges of his little 8-liter pot then sealed in after fermentation, still brimming with fiber, and kissed by the blue flames of the gas heater in two micro-distillation runs. This dense and richly complex tequilawhich could hardly be made on a smaller scaleis then blended with a batch of Rens beloved Atanasio Orgenes high proof tequila, yielding something at once familiar and distinctly different. Like the first Orgenes bottles before it, this very special production, dubbedFibras y Fuego(“Fibers & Fire”), began as a different project, intended to be sold only at the fabrica to those few who made the journey to visit in person. Thankfully, after some cajoling, it has instead wound up as the exact opposite: Atanasios first US-exclusive limited release!
INFO:
Producer: AtanasioVintage: NVCountry: MexicoRegion: JaliscoSpirit Type: Agave / Sotol / PoxSpirit Sub Type: Tequila
