Maestro Dobel Tahona Blanco Review | Should You Try This New Tahona Tequila?

[00:00:00] Well, a pretty cool surprise showed up at my door. This is from Maestre Nobel. They sent over this beautiful gift box. It has a lot of information about their tequilas and one of the very interesting new releases they have, their new Maestre Noel Dohona. Tonight we'll dive into this one and check it out. And I'm gonna leave this one for another day. Okay. When most people think of Maestre Dobel, like for me, I think of Christmas, the modern day tequila. But they have assured to me that this bottle is something completely different. I was actually at Jose Cuervo this summer and I got to learn a lot of neat things about the distillery. And what they told us is they actually rented a traditional distillery in the highlands to make this tequila as an old school production. They used 100% Blue Weber agaves. They claim it's completely additive free, just agave yeast and water. They slow roasted the agaves in brick ovens. They crushed it with a tojona, and then after that they let it ferment with agave fibers, an open wood vast with wild native yeast. They let it go six to seven days before double distilling this in small copper pot stills. And it is bottled at 40.5 ABV or 81 proof. Now, one thing I do respect about this, 100% of the profits from the Tohono expression go to the Beckman foundation, helping fund education, healthcare and community programs in the town of Tequila. So that's pretty cool that they're doing something that neat. And, you know, coming from Cuervo, I have to say, if it wasn't for them, I probably wouldn't drink tequila. So let's give this one an honest try. Okay. I do say the logo is kind of cool. The label itself is pretty cool. So even though this says NOM 1122, they did manufacture this product at a different distillery. But they're pointing out where it was bottled. And it's bottled at NOM 1122. And just so you can see that label on there, I'll probably put a picture on it. [00:01:58] Kind of cool. So let's give it a try. [00:02:04] Okay, so let's dive into the nose. I'm getting nice coke, the little bit of a grassy note, a little bit of a zesty note, a little bit of some like, whetstone minerality. So all in all, pretty good nose, kind of bright, kind of herbal. Smells really nice. So let's dive into the mouthfeel of this one. Nice mouthfeel, nice peppery bite. I get some cooked agave. I get some citrus, some lemongrass, some pepper, some earthy minerality. I want to say that maybe a little bit of jalapeno, but it's definitely something vegetal. It's not a bad sweetness as well in that second taste. Mouthfeel wasn't as oily in the second taste as it was the first taste. Finish is kind of clean. It hangs around a little bit. There's some lingering mineral type notes and sweetness. The pepper kind of heats up a little bit as it goes. So, you know, I got to give them a little bit of credit on this one. This is pretty good. This is a pretty bold move for a brand to do something that's mostly known for Cristalinos and maybe a little bit more manufactured tequila. I'm interested to see if any of the enthusiasts or real traditional tequila drinkers clamp on to this one. If you've had this Dobel Tahona, please let me know in the comments. I think the next step for this is to toss it into some blinds and really see if it shines among some of our traditional tequilas. Do have to say to Dobel, thank you for sending this over and letting me try it. And to Cuervo, thanks for inviting me to the distillery to their they called it the Transparency Tour. We did get to ask any question we wanted and they did let us go anywhere we wanted to, so that was kind of cool. So thanks for letting me give it a try. Cheers. Drink some good tequila tonight, folks. Have a good one.