Flight note - Tequila Blanco

23:

[Jalisco] - Well selected agave from the highlands

Sophie Decobecq, a French born biochemist and engineer. One of the few women operating in Mexico in a very male-dominated industry

[Highlight] careful selection of yeasts and traditional ingenuity. play around fancy experiments of fermentation

Ocho

2008, [Highlands]

Team up: Carlos Camarena(5th gen agave farmer, also master distiller) teamed up with Tomas Estes(important man bringing tquila culture to Europe, also a bar & restaurant owner)

Origin of 8:

• Made from the 8th sample created by the Camarenas for Tomas.
• 8 years for the agaves to ripen before being harvested.
• Founded in 2008
• 8 days from when the agaves reach the distillery until it becomes blanco tequila.
• 8 kG of agave to make 1L of Ocho tequila
• Carlos Camarena is one of 8 siblings
• 8 decadeS of The Camarenas FAMILY producing tequila.
• Ocho Reposado is aged for 8 weeks and 8 days.

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Ocho & G4

https://www.diffordsguide.com/producers/8/la-altena-distillery-nom-1139-tequila-tapatio

Felipe Camarena 2011 quitted and start El Pandillo distillery, branding G4. 4 means 4th generation

Arrete

[Agave from highland]

Arete was a famous horse that won the gold medal in the 1948 London Olympics in Equestrian Jumping.

The fam bet on this horse, but not confident, but it wins. hm

distillery - one of the oldest distillery that still operates, in the town Tequila.

Small batch, Exquisite.

Flight note - Aged Tequila

El tequilano - bigbig

One to One

El Tequileño是全球约10个在自己酒厂独家生产的品牌之一。更重要的是，这个酒厂自1959年以来从未生产过其他任何龙舌兰品牌

https://www.tequileno.com/ourdistillery

volcano water

Not every - 需要去查，是从上往下第几家。

Only 6 year+ agave.

Sustainability

98%的副产品都在酒厂和龙舌兰田中被重新利用 Sip Tequila，是Tequila行业的可持续发展领导者。

Amarican oak barrel for 8 years

Flight note - Mezcal

传统生产工艺 龙舌兰用tahona（石轮）碾碎，在柏木桶中发酵，然后在350升铜制蒸馏器中二次蒸馏 Mezcal Reviews。 采用传统工艺，包括地下烹煮、自然自发酵和在350升铜蒸馏器中蒸馏

Espadin

Espadín

Picaflor Wild

龙舌兰: 70% Espadín + 30% 野生Madrecuishe

2. 小规模手工生产

采用”手牵手”（hand-to-hand）的哲学，直接从生产者手中购买mezcal

Oaxaca

“小而美”理念的mezcal品牌——小规模生产、传统工艺、直接贸易、生态意识，完美诠释了手工artisanal mezcal的精神。它不追求大规模商业化，而是专注于将Oaxaca最优质的手工mezcal带给懂得欣赏的消费者。