Tequila Ocho Blanco, 50cl

Single-estate, additive-free blanco. Each batch comes from one named agave field.We stock Ocho because it treats agave like wine: every bottle names the field and year the agave came from. It's bright, peppery and clean, and it's additive-free. A brilliant tequila to learn on. Compare two different years side by side and you'll taste how the field and the weather change the agave, just like wine.Tastes like: fresh agave, lime peel, white pepper and herbs.How to drink it: Neat, or with a splash of water Tommy's margarita: 50ml Ocho Blanco, 25ml fresh lime juice and 15ml agave syrup, shaken with ice Paloma: 50ml Ocho Blanco over ice, topped with grapefruit soda, a squeeze of lime and a pinch of salt If you like this, try: Tequila Ocho Reposado, 50cl (the reposado) · Fortaleza Reposado Tequila, 70cl (another additive-free tequila)At a glance Category Tequila Style Blanco Origin Mexico (Jalisco) ABV 40% Size 50cl Producer Tequila Ocho (La Alteña) Taste Clean & crisp, Fruity & tropical Best for Margaritas, Sipping Sweetness 1 out of 5 (1 is dry, 5 is sweet) If you drink… Patrón Silver, Don Julio Blanco For the agave nerds Agave: Agave harvested only when fully ripe, at 7 to 10 years old, from fields in the highlands of Jalisco, many near Arandas. Cooking: Slow-cooked in brick ovens for 48 hours, then left to rest in the oven for about 24 hours more. Extraction: A roller mill shreds the cooked agave and presses out the juice. Fermentation: About 100 hours in wood vats, using natural airborne yeast. Still: Double pot-distilled. The second run is in a very small, fully copper pot still, modelled on Carlos Camarena's grandfather's original stills, run slowly at low temperature. Ageing: Unaged. Why it tastes like this: Slow cooking, a long wild fermentation and a tiny copper still are why Ocho tastes so much of ripe agave. It's tequila made the long way.Collect from The Liquor Club, Unit 6, Brixton Village, London SW9 8PR, or order for UK delivery. Not sure it's for you? Pop in and taste with us.