New Bottle Highlight Series: Wild Common Still Strength Blanco Tequila

Produced at distillery Cascahuín (NOM 1123) by master distiller Salvador “Chava” Rosales Trejo in El Arenal in the Valley region of Jalisco, Wild Common Still Strength Blanco is bottled at 100 proof (50% ABV). It is made using mature Valley Blue Weber agave plants known for their more herbal/vegetal flavors.

The harvested agave is roasted for 72 hours in small stone/brick ovens (hornos) before the aguamiel is extracted using both a roller mill and a 2-ton Volcanic stone tahona wheel.

It is fermented in a cement tank with agave fibers (bagasse) left after the maceration using wild yeast before being 2x-distilled in copper pot stills. It is rested in stainless steel before bottling. Some mineral-rich deep well water is used to bring it to bottling proof.

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