Accidental Joven: What Happens When You Mix Two Elevación 1250 Tequilas?

[00:00:00] What happens when you accidentally mix two tequilas that were never supposed to be mixed? Well, apparently it might create something pretty damn good. This is what I'm calling the accidental hoven. And the crazy part is this wasn't planned. Alex Staniloff from the beverage collective elevation 1250s importer and distributor in Western Canada, was drinking elevation 1250 Rosa Blanco, and he thought his glass was empty, so he grabbed the new Anejo Rosa Huerte and poured it right into the glass, accidentally creating this combination. And when I heard this story, I had to try this for myself. Before I mix these two together, you need to understand what actually is going into the glass. Because these two tequilas are directly connected. The elevation 1250 Blanco Rosa is their 42% ABV. Blanco rested for just 15 days in a Napa Valley cabernet 7 yon barrel. 15 days. That's just enough time to start pulling influence from that wine barrel while still keeping it very much about tequila. But this is where things get interesting. After that, Blanco Rosa comes out, Elevation takes those same Cabernet Sauvignon barrels and fills it with a blanco again and then lets it age for 14 months. This becomes their Anejo Rosa Fuerte at 44.4% ABV. Look at that color. Just check that out. The barrels already interacted with the Rosa, and now you're given another 14 months tequila. So essentially, we're taking two different snapshots of the same barrel's life and putting it together in the glass. Now, let's talk about the tequila real quick, because this is made at nom 1522 Hacienda de Ora, made by the master distiller Iliana Partida. And you know, when a tequila is coming out of there, you know it's going to be fantastic. And this one is. So let's put these two together. He said that he did it at about a one to one ratio. So let's put the Rosa Anejo in there. [00:01:44] Let's double this up with the blanco. [00:01:49] I'm going to say that's about one to one. [00:01:51] I needed a good pour. As you can see, I really enjoy these two tequilas because there's not a whole lot of left. We'll give it a little swirl, a little mix, and let's get it on the nose. Oh, wow. On the nose, you definitely get the cooked agave, but you also get this deep, rich wine note. There's a lot of fruit there. There's still a little bit of a vegetal and a little bit of A minerality note. I wish I could describe all the fruit notes that I'm picking up in there. There's a nice musty wood note, an oaky note with a little bit of grape, a little bit of like a leather or tobacco note as well. That has a lot going on. Okay, let's take a big taste. [00:02:28] Oh, wow. The cooked agave and the barrel influence. I will say that you can tell that it's toned down a little bit proof wise than drinking just the anejo. There's a rich, caramelly buttery note, A nice cooked agave note. The fruit characteristics I said in the nose are like a dark fruit. There's a little bit of an oakiness there. The finish has a little bit of chocolate in it. I can't get over how buttery it is. And it does dry out the back of your mouth as it starts to go into the finish. Now thinking this one's at 42 and this one's at 44, so maybe this one's now at a 43. But I'm telling you it drinks like a 40. You cannot tell that. It's a really high proof. And as you wait in the finish, this really nice wine note, baking spice note. And back again to this buttery note really lights up in the finish. This is really, really good. Now I gotta beg Todd to actually come out with a hoven because this is really fantastic. And that's why I love experiments like this. Nobody sat down and said we're gonna develop a hoven. Alex just simply thought he'd finish his Blanco Rosa and accidentally poured Rosa Anejo forte into the same glass. Sometimes mistakes sucks and sometimes mistakes are amazing. One place that you won't find any mistakes is the tequila report. If you don't get the tequila report today, you should. 63,000 other people get it in their email once a week and it's absolutely free. Now let's go back to the Anejo Rosa forte. This should be hitting. Sip tequila in the next couple of weeks so you actually be able to recreate this yourself at home. Grab a Blanco Rosa, grab it on Niejo Forte Rosa and start playing around with the blend. Tell me what ratio you like the best. And Todd, even if people start playing around and making this accidental hoven at home, hopefully you accidentally create this as your next expression as well. Let me know what Your favorite elevation 1250 Tequila is and let me know if you've made a hoeven out of any of your tequilas. I'm going to sit back and sip this one tonight. Cheers. Have a great one.