Boato Tequila Blanco Copper Heart Review – An Accidental Distillery Find!

[00:00:00] Sometimes the best tequila stories happen completely by accident, and this bottle is one of those stories. We were driving home after visiting a distillery in El Arena. We knew my friend Danny had a new distillery in the area. So we spotted this place. We thought, hey, I think we found Danny's new distillery. We pulled in and we were completely wrong. This was actually nom 1560. What happened next was pretty damn cool. We were greeted by Isaac Gudino. And instead of wondering what these random people who just pulled into the distillery were, Isaac was genuinely excited to have us and started showing us around. And that's how I discovered Tequila Boto. Boto was created by a father and son, Alejandro and Isaac Gudino, who wanted to take tradition of making tequila and combine it with something much more bold and luxurious. In fact, their whole idea behind Boto is about challenging the status quo, taking some traditional and presenting with some sense of rebellion, pride and indulgence. And they describe this as noble opulence. But you guys know me. Fancy bottles and luxury stories don't necessarily get my attention, but I want to know is what's happening inside the distillery? And luckily I took a bunch of pictures and we got to walk around and they showed us everything that was happening. Distillery and how it's made. The agave is cooked in traditional ovens. They're using copper stills, they're using a roller mill. They use wild open fermentation. And when they go to distillation, they use just the hearts, separating heads, tails, and only keeping the hearts in both distillation. The distiller decides exactly what those cuts are made and brings it to the final product. And that brings us to this bottle. Botto Blanco Copper Heart Edition 2026. This is bottle number 627. Bottled at 45% ABV. And here's where it gets interesting. I just poured it. I've never tasted. I did open this before turning the camera on because I wanted to let it rest, but I have not sampled it. I have absolutely no idea what this tequila is going to taste like. We're going to hit the nose and the taste right now and see what we got. Here we go. Whoa. I get grass and sage, a little bit of cooked agave, but the sage and the grass just really are overwhelming in this. There's a nice minerality and earthiness, and if you look for it, you get a little bit of chocolate. But the grass is really incredible. Like, there is so much herbal sage grass on this one. Okay, let's hit the. Let's hit the taste of It I gotta say that that grassiness is there. Cook agave is there. It is a nice normal sweetness. But the grass, the earthy and the minerality. I've never had a tequila that tastes like this. It has more earthy, grassy notes than I've ever had before in a tequila. Almost reminds me of more of a mezcal without the smoke. Let's taste that again. This is really nice. This has met my expectations and blown them away. I really didn't know what to expect. I've never been to this distillery before, never tasted their Tequila. This note of grassy herbal, it's very complex. The finish really heats up with a vegetal type heat. Almost like jalapeno and pepper together. The sweetness is there. You wouldn't be able to tell. This is 45 ABV. It drinks really easy. It has a nice mouth feel as well. This is a nice pour. This is something that again, I really did not expect this. I can't wait now to try their other options. I have a blanco to try and I have an anejo to try. So I gotta say after accidentally finding a distillery, this is a really good one to find. And you know, I use the Tequila Report to get a lot of information. Tequila reports, building a place where tequila drinkers can go deeper into distillery visits, Tequila reviews, industry news. If you're not a part of it, definitely check it out. The Tequila Report.com subscribe because it's a great place to learn and this is not one that I've seen listed anywhere. This is an accidental find. This is probably one of the coolest things that we've just run into and been so greeted. A really cool clay top at the top or wax, whatever you want to call that. It's got a really nice clean logo. Everything on the back label is in Spanish. So you know this is a true Mexican brand. Mexican owned and really making a fantastic Tequila. So this, this is really cool. It blew me away. So I need to know from you, have you had this brand? Have you tasted it? If you have, please put it in the comments. If you haven't, look for it. This is pretty interesting. I'm glad to say that we stopped in. Isaac, thanks for showing us around and sending me home with this Tequila. This is my drink for the rest of the night. Cheers. Thanks for watching.