It’s onerous to consider it’s been 13 years since we lined something from Tres Generaciones. The model has advanced within the final decade-plus, and has even modified its bottle design utterly (and for the higher).
In the present day we’re a pair of 2022 releases from the model, one anticipated, one a bit extra uncommon. First the anticipated: An anejo cristalino, which is strictly what you assume it’s, a 12-month-old anejo aged in American oak that’s been filtered to clear earlier than bottling. The extra evocative launch known as La Colonial Reposado, the second within the model’s annual Legacy Version Sequence, following final 12 months’s Cenobio’s Batch Plata, which clearly we didn’t assessment on the time.
What distinguishes La Colonial Reposado? It’s made “utilizing conventional tequila-making strategies, together with tahona stone crushing of the cooked agave, and aged over two months in charred American white oak barrels.” In any other case, no fancy tips; it’s simply old style — very old style — reposado (although notice the 45% abv).
Let’s dig into each. Ideas observe.
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Tres Generaciones Anejo Cristalino Tequila – General: Extraordinarily gentle, and that’s not altogether a foul factor. In a world of overblown anejos (cristalino or in any other case), this bottling performs it near the vest. Almond and milk chocolate inform a nostril that’s initially centered extra on inexperienced agave, although neither component is especially dominant. The peppery notes pave the way in which to a palate that feels decidedly gentle, nearly watery at occasions, although it undoubtedly evokes notes of citrus, white chocolate, and loads of peppery, cinnamon-laced spice. The end gives the considerably anticipated notes of Mexican chocolate, however it actually by no means feels totally baked, as if one thing minor has been misplaced within the cristalino filtration course of. There’s nothing remotely off-putting about this tequila — once more, its gentle composition isn’t an outright adverse, only a high quality it occurs to have — however finally there are extra totally realized cristalinos available on the market. 80 proof. B+ / $65
Tres Generaciones La Colonial Reposado Tequila – Reposado was originated as a option to mellow out and tame rougher blanco tequilas via a quick oak getting old cycle, however La Colonial exhibits that’s removed from all the time the case. The nostril right here is as racy and agave-forward as nearly any blanco, daring notes of earthy, inexperienced vegetation and loads of black and pink pepper dominating. There’s a vanilla-dusted oak affect right here, however it’s milder than anticipated, these sharper greenery parts dominating. The palate has the identical fundamental composition: agave-forward, then a layer of vanilla cake frosting that folds in notes of lemon extract and milk chocolate. Biting, peppery, and enduring on the end — all agave on the finish of the road. Some saline doesn’t damage to assist stability this tequila out — and whereas I wouldn’t advocate taking pictures a glass with a lime wedge and salt, having a bowl of tortilla chips and salsa on the aspect is a prime shelf concept. In case you like your tequilas constructed to showcase as a lot of their potential energy as doable, this can be a bottling for you. 90 proof. A- / $90
Tres Generaciones Anejo Cristalino Tequila
$65
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