Arette Gran Clase Extra Añejo Tequila 700ml
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description: Gran Clase is a genuine rarity by design — Arette produces only twenty barrels of this Extra Añejo each year, and rather than blending them together for consistency, every single barrel is bottled entirely separately. That means each release carries its own individual character, shaped entirely by its own specific cask, in a category where true single-barrel bottling remains genuinely uncommon. The tequila is made by brothers Eduardo and Jaime Orendain, descendants of one of the most recognized families in the entire tequila industry, at El Llano distillery (NOM 1109) — one of the oldest working tequila facilities in the region, tucked into the hills of the town of Tequila itself, directly below the Tequila volcano. The agave for Gran Clase isn't simply sourced — it's hand-selected in the field by the Orendain brothers themselves, chosen specifically for this expression alone. The mosto ferments naturally in stone tanks, and the near over-ripeness of the hand-selected agave develops a genuine deep sweetness during that natural fermentation, with cultivated yeast joined by wild strains drawn in through the open-air tanks. Following double distillation in small batches, the tequila rests a full 48 months — four years — in first-fill ex-bourbon American oak barrels, a genuinely extended aging period that pushes this well past most Extra Añejo tequilas on the market. The tasting notes converge on a genuinely rich, whiskey-adjacent profile. Bitters & Bottles describes the nose as "very agave-centric, with vegetal bell pepper and jalapeño balanced by sweet tropical fruits and a lovely, subtle wood spice," developing on the palate into "a wonderful viscosity carrying malty sweetness with salted caramel, cedar wood, bright citrus, and a spicy pepper finish" — "easy to sip and indulge in the natural sweetness, but the balance and complexity that the woody spice brings keeps it from ever becoming cloying or one-note." Remedy Liquor's tasting found "indulgent notes of dark cho…
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sku: 40% ABV, 750 ml Harmonized Code 2208.90.129 Mexico
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