Review: La Pulga Tequila Blanco
La Pulga Tequila Blanco was launched May 2023. It is named for the open air flee market in Fort Worth Texas. Sarah Castillo a well respected restauranteur, Taco Heads, and Tinies Mexican Cuisine, Andrew De La Torre, owner of the North Fort Worth market, and Stephen Slaughter a local entrepreneur and real estate developer founded the brand. La Pulga Blanco is made from 100% blue weber agave hand chopped and cooked in a combination of an autoclave and horno brick ovens. Once cooled the agave is crushed in a roller mill. The juice is fermented for 3-6 days and double distilled before bottling with no additives or concentrates. The aroma leads with robust cooked agave. Additional time brings out roasted bell pepper, stewed tomatoes, sea salt, and jalapeno pepper. The sweet agave entry has an oily mouth feel. Orange arrives building to a pomelo, stewed tomato, sugar cookie, and cooked agave peak. It fades with lemon herb, and finishes with whole white grapefruit, cooked agave, sea salt, anise, black pepper, and sliced pickled jalapeno pepper. La Pulga Tequila Blanco has a unique flavor profile with savory notes, a little more sea salt flavor than most highland grown agave tequilas, and significant agave fiber taste. If you are looking for a blanco tequila that has the flavor intensity of an over proof tequila while still weighing in at 80 proof, La Pulga Blanco may be just what you are looking for.
NOM: 1068
Region: Highland
40% Alcohol
Score: 90
Award: Silver Medal