MEXICAN RAICILLA LA REINA 750ML | 42% ALC VOL
Raicilla is a Mexican liquor, currently has its DOC. Extracted from the varieties of agave growing in Jalisco: agave angustifolia, agave maximiliana, agave inaequidens and agave rhodacantha. The raicilla of the maximilliana agave are the most valued. Currently, there are only four distilleries operating in Mexico, employing a total of ten people. This is an endemic variety of agave, which is only 75 acres of crops, approx. 15 thousand. plants. Maximilliana is a mountain agave that likes shade, harvested in the rainy season, in October, it grows in the mountains of Jalisco. It needs 7-9 years to mature, it is sown and does not propagate by tubers, like most varieties of agave. It is harvested at the age of about 11 years, when the concentration of sugars is optimal. The trunk of the maximilliana agave is roasted in a traditional brick oven, over fire, for six hours, then the juice is pressed and fermentation takes place - in open wooden barrels or tanks, with the participation of wild yeast, lasting at least a week. Double distilled in simple stills.
Smell sweet and sour, vinegary, you can smell sweet plums in the background, maybe greengage, pineapple. The taste, on the other hand, is very smoked and sweet - Californian smoked plums, Christmas Eve dried, honey. Long finish, lots of smoked plums, but also cherries, a bit of earthiness, a lot of honey sweetness. Very interesting. Power - 42%. In Poland, in the Vininowa offer.