Tequila Cascahuin
Wild Common
47%
12 months
Wild Common Añejo is the latest launch out of NOM 1123, better known as Tequila Cascahuin. Lowland agaves are extracted via a combination of tahona and roller mill, double distilled and aged for 12 months in ex-bourbon American white oak. The proof point always seems to jump around just slightly with these Wild Common bottlings, and this one clocks in at 47% ABV.
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A melting pot of everything dark orange and sweet. Honey, Butterfinger candy, pudding, caramel and toasted coconut. Abound with oak and barrel spice, but still quite airy in a perfumed vanilla or cinnamon sort of way.
Wonderful interplay of barrel notes and classic fall fruit. Apple pie, apricots and melon play ball with an ultra-buttery mouthfeel. Plenty more honey and butterscotch from the nose alongside white chocolate, marzipan, cinnamon and slow-cooked agave.
Crescendos with allspice, cloves, chocolate shavings and brown sugar. Long, warm finish that keeps on going and going.
An añejo that fires on all cylinders. Clichés be damned, this really does smell and taste like a warm hug. There's a gentle, toasted sweetness that brings all these different flavors together under the same roof, in a way that should be equally appealing to agave nerds (Cascahuin's usual demographic) and novices alike. If a savvy bartender ever plans to recreate a Butterfinger in cocktail form, this right here will be the secret to success.
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