Reposado, I aged, extra Añejo...
The President of the Mexican Academy of Tequila tells us how to choose
a tequila by quality, not price.
Tequila is the preferred drink of many Mexicans and a banner that carried the
name of Mexico to other countries. He has been with us in celebrating a
triumph or a birthday, to sing with the mariachi and also,
in the strongest sadness.
But do you really know the kinds of tequila that exist and their differences?
Can you distinguish their different flavors? Do you know when it is wise to choose a class or another?
We talked with Andrés Rodríguez,
International President of the Mexican Academyof Tequila,
who explained every detail of the tequila and made us a selection of thebest
tequilas that can be found in our country, so that you do not fail when
you have to choose one for a special occasion and not let yourself be seduced
by sophisticated bottles and high prices that could not precisely guarantee
the best tequila.
As a first recommendation to appreciate a good tequila we need wait for there is feedback on the part of our nose and mouth,"suggests Andrew, who also teaches at the Academy the taster of Tequila certificate course.
Types of Tequila
According to the Norma Oficial Mexicana, there are two types of tequila:
Tequila 51% agave (which is a mixture of agave and other sugars, mainly sugarcane)
and tequila 100% agave (made purely with agave. The authentic tequila),
that in turn is classified in: blanco, reposado, anejo and young.
Young Tequila
This kind of tequila is in fact a hybrid. "Is obtained from the combination cold white Añejo
and reposado. Mingle and this makes the product more avocado. Softer mouth."
As a mixture, its flavours and aromas are also a combination, depending on the classes that have been mixed. Still there is a wide range of young tequila brands
available in the market.
* Tip: For a business lunch specialist suggests starting with a good white tequila,
towhet the appetite. However, for the enjoyment of food warns that it is better to do it only accompanied by a wine, tequila alcoholic notes are so strong that they end up competing with the flavors of the dishes. By the end of the meal, with a rich dessert, an extra Añejo tequila may be the best company to delight the palate.
Añejo y Extra Añejo Tequila
As its name implies, a minimum of one year he spends in barrel.
These barrels mustbe white oak or oak and must not have one capacity greater
than 600 liters. It thenpasses through the process of dilution and then filtration and
packaging.When this tequila goes in barrels a minimum
of three anosobtenemos extra Añejo tequila.
Añejo tequila wood, spices and vanilla notes are even more relevant in the reposado.
And when it comes to an extra Añejo complex flavor is even
more powerful. Moresweetness, more spice, more wood. Definitely the most sublime
flavors come from this kind of Tequila", says Andrew. When you have a successful product
of these, aged and extra aged tequilas are the most elegant and fine, as they have greater features to enjoy them.
Tequila Reposado
This kind of tequila is which covers almost 70% of the market in Mexico.
"For tequilareposado, the official standard indicates that it should have happened by
wood forat least two months," explains Andrew.
The process is the same as with the target, only that after having gone through thedilution
is placed in white oak barrels for more than two months, but less than a year.
It is then, filtration and bottling.
Thanks to the time that passes in the barrel, reposado begins to present wood and sweet
aromas and slight vanilla notes.
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White Tequila
Blanco tequila is the starting point for the creation of other varieties.
"Once the agave tequilana weber blue variety is ripe in the field is gima it, which
consists in removing the agave stalks and keep the heart or pineapple." That pineapple
has content ofsugar in the form of inulin. To be able to revert the inulin to
sugar pineapple is cooked. Since sugars are again a must (combination of drawn from the
cooked agave honey and water) is to then give way to the fermentation and turning it into alcohol", explains Andrew.
Then must be distilled twice. "In the second distillation is when we get the white tequila, before being packaged and sent to the market, passing by a few tanks are added in which water molecules for the alcohol content listed on the bottles. "For example, a bottle of 38% alcohol volume, the remaining percentage in beverage is
dilution water."
Blanco tequila is clear and transparent. It is distinguished by its sweet flavour which,
precisely, to get it cooked Agave, it contains that sweet honey. It is the variety that best preserves the natural Agave qualities, as he is bottled directly
after being distilled.
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