Amatiteña Reposado Tequila

DISTRIBUTOR NOTES: 

OVERVIEW: “Aged for just 2 minimalist months in large-format French oak barrels, Amatiteña Reposado trades in the bold power, passion, and pride of the blanco expressions for an easy—even laid-back—character, offering a crowd pleaser that only whispers at the wildness it sprang from.”

TASTING: “Refreshing and uncomplicated, yet with enough grace and nuance to remain endlessly engaging, this reposado balances herbs and fruit and pastry with aplomb. Aromas of subtle butterscotch, fresh brick powder, light resin, and green pea shoots transition to a palate that explodes with sweet roasted carrot, raspberry sherbet, soft baking spices, wet tile, faint orange rind, honeydew, and a finish of crème brûlée and golden beets. Deliriously easy to drink.”

ABOUT THE PRODUCER: "Recently named a UNESCO World Heritage site, the community of Amatitán, Jalisco, is home to the oldest recorded evidence of employing fermenters and stills to make agave spirits (aka vino de mezcal) in all of Mexico—particularly in the famous valley below the ancient Volcano Tequila. Embracing the future of that heritage by returning to tequila’s roots, Amatiteña aims to express this historic terroir with as much depth and integrity as possible. The brand is unique in today’s market: a single estate tequila, made exclusively using artisanal methods that date back to the early 19thcentury or before.

Fifth-generation maestro tequilero Don Alberto Partida began distilling around the age of 11 or 12 at his family’s fabrica, Cava de Oro (NOM 1477). After achieving degrees in industrial engineering and tequila production, Alberto began experimenting—building on his family’s modern methods by incorporating older, historical techniques, or sourcing unusual barrels for aging, such as ex-French wine casks. Today, Alberto stands at the front lines of a growing tequila renaissance, a movement enamored with both historical distilling methods and the intricacies of terroir in agave."