Episode Transcript
[00:00:00] Tequila gets all the attention and Mezcal's getting hot. But what if I told you there's a third category out there, completely wild. It might be one of the most honest spirits you'll ever drink. This is Nache sotol, coming out of Chihuahua, Mexico, Made from the desert spoon or Dasalurian plant. This isn't agave, this isn't tequila, and it's not Mezcal. But it kind of lives right between those two worlds. This stuff is wild. Literally. They're harvesting these plants in the Chihuahuan desert. Not farmed, not rows of agave. They're just out there on their own, growing for 10, 15, and even 20 years. And here's the actual cool part. When they harvest a desolarium or desert spoon plant to make sotolf, they don't kill it like they do the agave plant. They actually can regrow kind of like a perennial. So you're talking about something that's way more sustainable if done right. And Nachi works with permits, rotates harvest areas and gives the land more time to recover. I love seeing that. Okay, Everything here leans into tradition. You've got pit cooking with wood, cottonwood and mesquite. They use open air fermentation, double distilled copper pots. So though it's not tequila, it feels very familiar. And if you're into additive free and traditionally made spirits, man, this one's for you. Let's get this in the glass. Now, Soto is not new. It's been around for at least as long as tequila, if maybe not longer. So it's something to dive into and learn more about. Let's dive into the nose real quick. Wow. You know, they. I think some of the things people say about Sotol is it smells like the desert. And you know, when we talk about tequila, we talk about that pedrichore smell. This smells like the sand in the desert. In the evening time, there's a nice veggie note, like some green herbal notes and that. I gotta tell you, that earthy desert smell is really awesome. There's a little teeny bit of citrus in there and it's followed up with just a little bit of black pepper. I was expecting to get some smoke since this is made in that process, but personally I'm not picking up any smoke tonight at all. Now this is a very fresh pop. I just opened it. So I'm sure it's going to open up and grow and change. And I'll probably do another video about this down the road. Let's dive into the taste of this one. Wow, that's nice. Now I do get a little bit of the smoke in the taste. There's a really nice, almost like honey sweetness. And then it shifts into almost like a vegetal note and kind of becomes a little spicy. There's also a little bit of a nice in. In there. And I gotta say, I almost pick up like a. I want to say an asparagus type of flavor, like a cooked asparagus. That's really nice. It's got a great texture. I definitely pick up that earthiness in that second flavor. It's got a really nice mouthfeel. And one thing that's cool about this one, it is 42 ABV. So you are picking up a little bit more of the alcohol content in this one, but it's definitely not coming off hot. The finish, it hangs on. It's warm, it's sweet, it's spicy. I will say it. It's a different kind of sweet than what I get in tequila or Mezcal. It's more of a vegetal sweetness, and then there is a nice little spicy note. And from there, it's just earthiness. Very light on the smoke. Really, really nice flavor. This is a very good sotol. Sotol, to me, is a product that's about place. You can tell it came from the desert. It's got a wild, untamed feel. It's different than agave. It has a different story than tequila and Mezcal. Yet it's got something familiar about it. It's one of the things I love about so many Mexican spirits. And I got to say, if you're a tequila guy or Mezcal person, so Tol, I think, is the next big thing for people to start trying. There's some great brands popping up there. And I've got to say, this one right here, it says Liquid desert right on the label. And I have to agree. Cool bottle, cool label, cool story. In short, fantastic product, fantastic Satol. And it's something that if you haven't had, need to search more out and try Soto. Let me know in the comments if you've had a Sotol that you like. If you've had Noche Soto, tell me about it. Let me know what your thoughts are, and enjoy. Thanks. Cheers. Have a great night.
