Details
- Location: Jacales, Jalisco
- Agave: A. maximiliana (lechugilla)
- Maestro: Gerardo Peña
- ABV: 62%
- Tasting keywords: pine, lavender
Nose: pine, cologne
Taste: This raicilla has an incredibly piney perfume. The flavors unfold in balanced complexity with concentrated notes of lavender and forest floor. Vibes of walking through a pine forest with an extremely elegant woman.
Production Details
- Roast: adobe oven
- Crush: machete
- Distillation: twice in stainless still alembic
Background
Founded in 2011 by Esteban Morales Garibi, La Venenosa showcases small producers from all over Jalisco–incluging many within the raiclla DO. Despite pioneer status in the raicilla category in terms of branding and international distribution, La Venenosa bottles are now labeled as Espiritus de Jalisco, Aguardiente de Agave, or Agave Distilate.
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