Episode Transcript
[00:00:00] After sitting down with Nicholas and hearing how intentional this project is, from sourcing to fermentation and distillation, it became clear it's not just some imported tequila. This is PM Spirits Blanco. It's produced at NAM 1468 Grupo Tacalera Mexicano in the Los Altos Highlands region.
[00:00:18] And it fully leans into that agave character. Let's talk about a little bit of what I learned in the interview. Nicholas Palazzo is originally from Bordeaux, France. He built PM Spirits as a Brooklyn based importer focusing on rare traditional spirits, especially armaniac and cognac. He's not chasing celebrity hype or engineering flavor profiles for mass appeal.
[00:00:40] During the interview, he talked about protecting authenticity, working directly with producers in Jalisco to create something that reflects agave land process out of free estate grown traditional. And the philosophy is baked into this bottle. Another thing that he told me was he wasn't bringing this out as a brand. He didn't even have a name. Go back and watch the interview. You can hear him talk about it. What he wanted is a product that he could show to potential customers that he dealt with very fine quality spirits. And the PM Spirits Blanco was his attempt to be able to show people that he can bring something really traditional and exceptionally made to the market. And he did it. Let's talk about how this one is made. 100% of Sagro Blue agave cooked in traditional brick ovens, sand single batch oven. So one cook becomes the bottle. Roller mill extraction, double distilled in copper. The copper distillation, it matters here. It preserves texture and structure without stripping character. They do have two proofs available. They have a high proof at 55, and they have this proof today that we're going to do at 40% ABV. All right, let's get this in a bottle. I love that he picked the glass topper. You don't pull it off. You push it forward and it makes a click noise and then you know when to remove it. Okay, let's get the nose on this one. Okay. I get some fresh cut green agave, a bright lime taste, and there's definitely a big hint of minerality. There's also like a grassy note, almost like a sage. There's this nice cooked agave with all of these herbal and minerality notes. With that lime zest, it's pretty cool. Let's. Let's give it a taste. Okay. The first thing I want to say is I like the mouthfeel. It's creamy. It coats the mouth and has a really nice softness to it you get big time cooked agave and then this white pepper builds in mid palate. There's an anise note, some vegetal notes. That grass that I smelled is there and then it has like a really soft structure to it. This, this is a really nice feeling tequila in the mouth with a lot of great flavors. The finish is long and it's clean and it has this agave that hangs on and just kind of lingers there with that pepper note and honestly, a little bit of that grass and lime that it's a really nice taste. Also the finish, it just dries out and hangs onto the back of your mouth. It's really awesome. To me, this is a very agave cor blanco. It's. After you hear Nick talk about the intention, the restraint and how they make this small batch tequila, you'll understand why the flavor is where it is. His goal wasn't to chase some trend. It was just to create an actual authentic tequila that tasted the way tequila is supposed to. After talking to Nick, it makes so much more sense now. I'm so glad that I seen this bottle. When I was in Florida getting ready to run the Disney marathon, I picked it up the liquor stor brought at home, tasted it and thought, oh man, I got to do an interview about this. Because what Nick has put together here is a fantastic tequila and it is a very traditional spirit. If you've tried their still string, let me know what your thoughts are in the comments. I haven't tried that one yet. I'm looking forward to pick it up. Let me know how it compares to the regular blanco. If you've had both. If you haven't watched the interview with Nicholas, go check it out. It's in my YouTube. I'll put it right here or right here. If you like learning about agave, hit that like and subscribe button and tell your friends about it. And hey, I'm not going to judge you if you like something different. Just know what you're drinking. Cheers.
