Episode Transcript
[00:00:00] All right, everybody, let's head back to the Valles. Let's go back to where tequila came from, the town of Amatatan. And let's talk about Nueve Uno. That's right. This tequila comes from the region, the Valles, the Valley, one of the areas that make great tequilas. I've been doing a lot of highland reviews and talking about a lot of highland tequilas, but I don't want to forget the love that I have for the Valles and the Valley tequilas. So this tequila, coming out of naming 1426, which is one of the noms where my original favorite tequila came from. This one is made by Naomi Partita as the master distiller. They're using Valley agaves or Valles Agaves. They're using stone brick ovens, roller mill. They're going into open air, wild stainless steel fermentation with no fibers. Twice distilled in stainless steel pots. And I got to tell you, this is a tequila that I've enjoyed for quite a while. I love their blanco. I'm almost out of the blanco, actually, so I need to order some more. And this one, we're going to dive into the actual anejo and kind of give this one a little hit and talk about it and review it. I did do a video with Alec, Becca, who is their brand ambassador. We had a great conversation, went into their whole story of how they make their tequila, what they're aging these in, the different options that they've had, the different skus or selections of tequilas that they've came out with over the years, like their Anejo Deep or their Repo Deep.
[00:01:25] Some really cool stuff. Talks about the 1991 that's listed on the top of the bottle here and really what their whole presentation is. So definitely go check out that video if you want to learn more about the brand. And today we're going to dive into this tequila and do a review. Okay, let's dive into the nose on this one. I definitely get the barrel notes, get a lot of caramel in the nose. I get some cooked agave.
[00:01:50] It smells a little spicy as well. I do also get some nice minerality in this one, so a lot of good flavors. You get a really a big influence from the barrel. Just in the nose on the taste, a nice cooked agave, a really nice sweetness. I get a lot of caramel. I get a little hint of vanilla. Definitely get those barrel attributes, but the agave flavors right there in the front, so stay in agave forward in the second taste. I pick up a little more of the minerality. I even pick up a little bit of a dark chocolate note, a really nice caramel and vanilla note. This is what I would call a dessert anejo and I really like it when it's the end of the night, you're busy, you're tired, you're done, and you really want something that's going to just kind of give you that creme brulee like butterscotch caramel flavored tequila that just to me, it's the end of the evening. It's a nice tequila to end on. And this one has that, it's a nice agave forward flavor. I don't pick up butterscotch in this one, but I do get a little bit of that burnt sugar caramel barrel note flavor in this one. So this is a super well rounded anejo. Has a nice finish to it. It's not strong, it's not peppery. It's just like nice and sweet and kind of savory with a little teeny bit of spice in the end. So definitely a fantastic anejo. If you haven't had any of the Nueve Uno products, this is a must grab. Pretty easy to find and really good. So check out the video where I interviewed Alec right here and give him a try. Thanks for watching. Have a great night.
