Review: Tequila Ocho Single Estate Plata 2009
Tequila Ocho Single Estate Plata 2009 was produced as a collaboration between Thomas Estes and Carlos Camarena. To understand the significance of this tequila one must first understand the concept of terroir. Terroir is a French term that is defined as the set of all environmental factors that affect a particular crop. Those factors include soil, climate, sunlight, and topography. Terroir is the basis of the French wine appellation d’origine controlee system. Terroir has been used to differentiate coffee, tobacco, and yes even marajuana. By crafting tequila with agave grown from a different Highland Estate each year, and employing the same production methods, Tequila Ocho hopes to prove tequila terroir is more than the black and white Highland and Lowland designation currently used. The 2009 bottling comes from the Las Pomez Estate located 2055 meters above sea level. Once harvested the pina’s are cooked in brick ovens around 80-85 degrees celcius for 48 hours. The juice that results from the first 8 hours of cooking is discarded because of its bitter taste. The cooked Pina’s sit in the oven for another 24 hours before they are transferred to the mill where the agave is squeezed to separate the juices from fibers. The juice is fermented in small 3000 liter open wooden vats made of pine for 4-5 days. The first distillation is in a 3500 liter stainless steel pot still. The second occurs in a 300 liter copper pot still. This is done slowly at low temperatures. The copper material of the second still imparts a special mouth feel and flavor. The aroma is tropical fruit, apple. and cooked agave with a mint and olive backing. The tropical fruit entry is joined by sweet agave flavor building to a bright Red Delicious Apple peak. It fades with raspberry and olive flavor, and finishes warm and peppery, dry, and oily, with a grapefruit rind and mint taste. Years ago I was offered a serving of fried locusts. One of my concerns was I would actually like the taste, and then have to wait 17 years before they arrived again. The good news is Tequila Ocho Single Estate Plata is a tasty tequila. The bad news is, once I finish this bottle, and it wont be long, I will have to wait until Ocho selects this estate again.
NOM: 1474
Region: Highlands
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Award: Gold Medal