La Venenosa Tabernas Reposado (Aged in ex-sherry casks)

Brothers Benito & Jose Salcedo Rios blend Lechuguilla & Chico Aguiar cultivated on their family land to craft the beautiful and accessibly priced Tabernas. After the second distillation, the raicilla is rested in Oloroso Sherry Casks for three months offering up notes of oak, almond, toffee with red apple and cinnamon spice on the palate.
This is exploration at its finest. This is the first time a raicilla has been aged in sherry barrels!

TABERNERO José Salcedo Ríos

AGAVE A. Maximiliana (Maguey Lechuguilla) / A. Angustifolia (Maguey Chico Aguiar)

ELEVATION 3400'

SOIL Rich, high nitrogen content

CLIMATE Temperate

VILLAGE El Mosco, Sierra Occidental de Jalisco

OVEN/FUEL Adobe and volcanic rock / black oak

MILL Hand chopped with machete before passing through small shredder

FERMENT Tinaco, wild yeast

DISTILLATION 2X stainless steel and copper

REST Three months in Oloroso Sherry Cask

NOTES 

Aroma – Oak, almond, toffee, herbaceous

Taste – Red apple, oak, cinnamon spice

Texture – Round, medium body, tannic finish

ABV 43-46 BATCH PROOF

Mexican Owned, Family Owned