Alacrán, Mezcal Zacate, vs Tequila Tapatio Anejo 50cl
Compare current tracked prices, stockists and core specifications. Tequila Tapatio Anejo 50cl currently starts £2.61 lower.
| Availability | In stock | In stock |
|---|---|---|
| Best current price | £40.60 | £37.99 |
| Current stockists | 1 merchant | 1 merchant |
| Producer | Alacrán | Tapatio |
| Type | Tequila | Tequila |
| Size | 700ml | 500ml |
| Where to buy |
Alacrán, Mezcal Zacate,
The Alacrán Mezcal Zacate is smooth yet lively, with gentle smokiness, a clean agave core and bright acidity making it surprisingly versatile. Ideal for sipping neat, or paired with grilled seafood, tacos al pastor, or spicy-savoury dishes. Alacrán was founded in 2010 in Mexico City. Their Mezcal is made in the town of San Dionisio Ocotepec in Oaxaca, Mexico, and is crafted using agave espadín grown for 7-10 years. The production is artisanal; the agave hearts are roasted underground, crushed using a tahona (traditional grinding wheel), naturally fermented with native yeasts, and double-distilled in small-batch copper stills.
Tequila Tapatio Anejo 50cl
Tapatio Anejo tequila is remarkably full and balanced flavour, described by many connoisseurs as one of the world's finest sipping tequilas. Mexican law requires Aejo ("aged") tequila to mature for at least one year. Tapatio Aejo is aged around 18 months in first-fill ex-Bourbon casks. Tapatio is a Mexican word referring to a man from Jalisco, the tequila-producing state of Mexico. Women from the region are known as Tapatias. At the La Altea distillery, the methods of production are the same as they were a century ago, with a large stone wheel (known as a Tahona) turned in a pit to crush the cooked agave plants. The juice and agave fibres are then mixed in a barrel by foot before fermentation and distillation. The spirit from La Altea is the only 100% blue agave tequila double distilled at 80 proof and bottled without any additional water to preserve the tequila's real flavour. Other tequila makers distil to a high proof and then dilute the tequila with water to bring it down to 80 proof. Over the past four years the tequilas from La Altea distillery (including the Tapatio, Ocho and El Tesoro brands) have become a phenomenon in the UK on-trade and they now enjoy an unrivalled reputation for quality, integrity and authenticity amongst bartenders and tequila connoisseurs.
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