I Tried El Ateo Añejo Tequila…What You Need to Know!

[00:00:00] Let's talk about another new tequila to me and let's talk about an Anejo because I don't do that very often. How about El Ateo Anejo ultra premium tequila. [00:00:14] This one's coming out of nom 1635 and that is not a well known nom because this is the only tequila they're making there. The bottles are really cool. [00:00:26] Is got great distribution. Sean Miller with Package Group picked this up and has brought this to Total Wine. Oh. Instantly available new tequila has a cool topper on it as well. And I don't know a whole lot about this brand because it is new. I do know that they're using Highland agaves. This is actually in the highlands in the Arandas area. It's really close to some of the other distilleries that we visited, like La Atenya. But we weren't able to visit this distillery. We were there. I'll pick it up up next time, guaranteed. So this tequila is Tohona crushed stone ovens. It's open fermentation. It's fermentation without fibers. 100% stainless steel tanks. And they're using a stainless steel stills to make it. This is 40 ABV or 80 proof. This has been aged in American white oak, used bourbon barrels and other used barrels. And you can see it's not super dark. It doesn't have that crazy darkness that some of the Anejos have. It's definitely an additive free tequila. So there's nothing in there, just agave, yeast and water. And I'm really excited about giving this a try. They do have a reposado, an anejo and they also bring a still strength which all of them are very good tequilas. I'll do some reviews on the others later and hopefully I can put together a brand to interview with these guys. I love on the top that it says in tequila we trust 1953. So I'll work on getting some more information during the brand video to kind of tell you all about it. But let's, let's knock out this quick review of this El Ateo anejo. On the nose I get just some light barrel notes, some vanilla, some cooked agave, some crisp citrus and a little bit of rain. Just that smell of rain in the summertime on some rocks or on some concrete. What a great, what a great aroma. On the flavor I get some dry fruit, almost a little bit of raisin, some caramel, vanilla cooked agave. What's that going to turn into? This keeps changing. I get some lime Some brininess, a little bit of that earthiness that that rain that I talked about. [00:02:46] And there it is, the good tingle in the back, that nice finish that gets you salivating and you get these flavors in the back of your throat. I get vanilla, some cinnamon, and a little bit of spearmint even in that finish. This is a really, this is a fun one. This is a power packed flavor profile. You get, you get all the agave, you get the barrel, and then you get all these fun little nuance flavors that continue to pop out. It definitely is a highlands agave. You get the floral, the fruit, the minerals, the pedrichor and a little bit of barrel. And really the, the barrel influence is very light, very subdued, oaky, caramel flavoring. You can get that, but it's not overpowering. You really have the agave in the forefront. So this is one you know as a, as an anejo that you can pick up for 60 bucks. Really all over the place. They did a great job getting in a total wine because it gets them such a. So many states, so many areas, so many places makes the tequila extremely accessible. So as an Indiana guy, I'm really thankful for that. Great job Sean Miller getting this out to lots of places. But check this one out. Elateo. All the info about the brand will be right here and you can check out some of my other reviews here as well. Don't forget to like, share, Follow, subscribe all those wonderful things. Thanks for tuning in. Enjoy some Elateo Tequila. Have a great night.