AZUL

Aged 20 years in glass, this single distilled raicilla made from Tequilana is truly a rare opportunity. The end of the 20th century saw a major surplus in Agave Tequilana Weber Azul. In raicilla country (Sierra Occidental, Jalisco) there were many farmers of Tequilana with fields of mature agave but no market to sell them.  Don Guelo had a campesino friend that offered him his surplus Tequilana - all he had to do was harvest it.  He had as much blue weber that he could handle at his little taberna and he made around 5000 liters of single distilled raicilla. In his region Agave Maximiliana is king, which made it difficult to sell his raicilla azul. It sat in glass, evolving in a unique way until La Venenosa had the good fortune of bringing it back to market.

MAESTRO
	Don Margarito “Don guelo” Aguirre

MAGUEY (AGAVE)
	Weber Azul (A. Tequilana)

VILLAGE
	La Estancia, Sierra Occidental,

OVEN / FUEL
	Adobe / black oak

MILL
	By hand

FERMENT
	Wild (with bagasso)

DISTILLATION
	1x in alembic of stainless steel

NOTES
	Aroma – clay, sweet potato, pine tree
	Taste - wheat, honey, quince, oxidized wine
	Texture - fresh and mineral with a long, slightly bitter finish

ABV / LOT / VOL
	41.8% / Lot 1 / 15 garrafon (carboy), U.S. allocation 126 bottles

Harvest

When the agave for Azul were harvested, the price of blue weber was so low that Don Guelo didn't even have to pay for them - he just had to get them out of the earth.

Cook

An above ground adobe oven and black oak was used to cook the agave for Azul.

Agave

Agave tequilana weber is known by most of us as the agave used in tequila production. This rare raicilla is 100% blue weber. This photo is for representation only.