Review: Cava de Oro Anejo Cristalino
In the 1990’s Don Gilardo Partida Melendez and Dona Leticia Hermosillo Ravelero planted and harvested agave on their land. They built a distillery next to their agave field and with the help of Master Distiller Alberto Partida began producing tequila. The distillery Tequileria Puerta de Hierro now produces tequila for 23 brands including Adictivo, Amatitena, Compoveda, and Tierra Sagrada. Cava de Oro Anejo Cristalino is made from 100% agave grown on their field in the Lowland region. The agave is slow cooked in brick ovens, fermented with wild yeast and double distilled. The spirit is aged for one year in French oak barrels and charcoal filtered to remove the color. It pours to a pale gold tinted clear color. The aroma leads with caramel, cooked agave, vanilla, and oak. The sweet vanilla and cooked agave entry is joined by caramel and citrus building to a vanilla, cinnamon apple, and oak peak. It fades with caramel and finishes with pepper, honey, lemon zest, and toasted oak.
NOM: 1477
Agave Region: Lowland
40% Alcohol
Score: 92
Award: Gold Medal