Cierto tequila’s membership within the ultra-premium class will be witnessed as a lot by their excessive value level as by their implausibly tall, skinny, ornate bottles. Fortunately, their tequilas have a lot to advocate them. They’re made with out components from Highlands agave by Grasp Distillers Enrique Fonseca and Sergio Mendoza, fourth and fifth technology agave farmers with shops of tequila from which they draw and mix their product. Cierto tequila is uncommon in that it’s aged in French oak casks that beforehand contained wine and spirits, together with Cognac and Armagnac. At this time we are attempting the reposado and añejo varieties. Cierto additionally has blanco and additional añejo tequilas. Let’s pour a glass.
Each are 80 proof. NOM 1146.
Cierto Non-public Assortment Reposado Tequila – Aged 11 months in barrel. The nostril is brilliant and sophisticated with balanced, overlapping notes of herbaceous agave, gentle vanilla, lemon pith, fragrance, and delicate sweetness. Taking a sip, I discover the tequila’s distinctive barreling performs a bigger function and the agave takes a step again. Notes of vanilla, fragrance, and a contact of bubble gum come first. Agave seems midpalate and lasts by means of the end, which is medium lengthy. The nostril on this tequila is beautiful and higher than its palate, however altogether this can be a layered and pleasant reposado. A- / $119 [BUY IT NOW FROM TOTAL WINE]
Cierto Non-public Assortment Añejo Tequila – Aged 18 months in barrel. After attempting the reposado, I used to be shocked to search out how reserved the nostril is on the añejo. However although it’s refined, additionally it is fairly beautiful with mild notes of orange citrus, darkish chocolate, and agave. The palate is comparable, with intermingling mushy flavors of darkish chocolate, caramel, gentle agave, and lemon pith. It is a mellow tequila with a silky mouthfeel and an extended end. As I delved additional into my glass, the tequila’s physique received deeper and extra satisfying. It is a tequila for sipping by the fireside: soothing, scrumptious, and troublesome to place down. A / $169
Cierto Añejo Tequila
$169
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