Tally's Tequila Tutorial

True Tequila is made from the Blue Agave plant, grown only in Jalisco Mexico. Agave is part of 
the Lily family, NOT a cactus. Mezcal, which is made from mostly the GREEN Agave is the one
that has the worm in it - which was originally put there as a simple marketing ploy in the 50's. 
By law, tequila is not allowed to have a worm in it.

The Basics

There are three types of tequila:

1a. Plata or Blanca (silver)
This tequila is bottled directly after distilling. 

1b. Oro (gold) - Plata tequila colored to look like Repasado (so they can charge more.)

2. Repasado (rested)
Aged in charred bourbon barrels up to one year. 

3. Añejo (aged) 
Aged in charred oak bourbon barrels for more than a year (usually up to three or more.) 
The amount of char in the barrels depends on the flavor and color of the tequila, so every barrel 
will produce a slightly different flavor. 

If you want to learn  and develop your palate for a fine añejo tequila, I suggest you start with Agavero 
http://www.agavero.com which is a liquer created from a mixture of fine 100% blue agave añejo and reposado 
hand blended then infused with the essence of Damiana - a flower that grows only on the hills of Jalisco and 
has been hailed for centuries as an aphrodisiac. It has the smoothness and taste of tequila with a lovely honey overtone. 

After Agavero, like Bart, I suggest Chinaco, however, I am not a fan of Patrôn, but prefer Centenario. 

Sip from a small brandy snifter so that you can get the great nose on it, yet not get knocked over the 
way you would from a large snifter.

There is no reason for salt and lime unless you're making a margarita, and for that plata is fine. 
Don't waste a fine añejo on mixers of any kind. That's like mixing a fine single malt with club soda.

There are better repasados than 1800 - but I feel these are a waste of time until you really get the 
difference between a plata  and an añejo.  Once you develop your palate, then explore the subtleties 
of a repasado if an añejo is too much. 

Thus endeth the lesson.

Tally 

 

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