Details
- Location: Tequila, Jalisco
- Agave: Blue Weber Tequilana
- Maestro: Enrique Fonseca & Sergio Mendoza
- ABV: 40%
- Tasting keywords: fresh, fruity, crisp
- NOM: 1146
Nose: Grassy and herbal, the nose is also lively with citrus and a hint of ripe tropical fruit.
Taste: Bright and tangy, with a hint of green bell pepper. Notes of citrus and grass open the palate: meyer lemon and lime zest, lime leaf, and white grapefruit. The texture is soft, enhancing the natural sweet citrusy notes. The finish is peppery and full of refreshing minerals. Reach for this for sipping neat or on the rocks, or in simple long drinks like a paloma.
Production Details
- Roast: autoclave
- Crush: screw press
- Distillation: hybrid pot & column
Background
Don Fulano was launched in 2002 as a joint venture with industry icons Enrique Fonseca as the master distiller and Sergio Mendoza as the blender. The brand draws on the resources and tradition of five generations of agave growers and distillers, with quality and accessibility as the driving forces. Made from estate grown agave at the La Tequileña distillery, which is known to blend tradition and innovation. The agaves are steamed at low pressure in autoclaves and left to rest for 12 hours, then crushed with a house-engineered screw and fermented in open-air stainless steel vats with proprietary yeasts. A portion of the agave fibers are fermented along with the juice. Distillation is hybrid, with about 85% of the blend coming from double distillation in copper pot stills, and 15% from a double column copper Coffey still. While Don Fulano is not generally one of the most well-known brands, it has been an industry insider favorite since its inception.
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