Review: Inspiro Luna Blanco Tequila
Inspiro Luna Blanco Tequila was released October 2021. It was created by former Chicago attorney Mara Smith and Master Distillery Ana Maria Romero Mena. Inspiro takes it’s name from the Spanish word for inspired. Inspiro is made from 100% Blue Weber agave. The hand harvested and trimmed the pinas are slow cooked in stainless steel autoclaves. Once cooled the pinas are crushed and shredded to extract the sweet juice. Two different yeasts are added in separate fermentation tanks. Once fermented the tanks are blended. The spirit is double distilled in alembic stills and rested for 30 days in stainless steel tanks before it spends a lunar quarter in American oak barrels and bottled additive free. The aroma leads with cooked agave and vanilla bean. Additional time brings out blackberry and black pepper. The sweet agave and vanilla entry has a soft creamy feel. Citrus arrives building to a blackberry lime agave peak. It fades with vanilla, buttery agave, and oak, and finishes with white pepper, blackberry gelato, mineral, and mint.
The Cezanne Spritz
1.5 Oz. Inspiro Blanco Tequila
.75 Oz. St Germain
.5 Oz. Fresh Lemon Juice
Shake With Ice
Pour Into an Ice Filled Glass
Top With Grapefruit Soda &
A Sprinkle of Brown Sugar
Garnish With a Pink Grapefruit Wedge
NOM: 1614
40% Alcohol
Score: 91
Award: Gold Medal