Ocho Vintage Single-Estate Tequila

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9-20-2008 @ 2:23AM

hey dude7 said...

way to many titles and 1st`s...

Arandas sells tequila by the barrels to anyone with 5 pesos..
i am from Tepa a few kilometers from there and can tell you all that ultra premium vintage,it more like hey Pancho i found some pendejo gringo willing to buy some of the caramel tequila that grand pa could not sell here .

Ultra premium?????

Does any one remembers:" Porfidio Barrique"

$500.00 USD per liter????

Then with out much news, was gone out of existence when the Consejo Tequilero found them adding caramel to the super 5 times distilled world champion spirit..................?

PLEASE.!!!!!!!!!!

10-29-2008 @ 3:58AM

booboo said...

Really? The Camarenas family? of El Tesoro, Tapatio and now Ocho? not sure I believe you mate. Show me!

10-30-2009 @ 11:40AM

Sam said...

Hey Dude7..

The idea of Tequila Ocho is not that they buy random agave and sell by the barrel. They only use their own naturally grown agave (no pesticides or open market plants) owned/managed by the Camerenas family throughout its entire growth at various individual rachos or estates throughout Arandas at different altitudes/ micro climates. They do not blend it with any other so that you are able to taste the natural flavor nuances of each individual ranch. The cost is not $500 (though worth it - I think) - it is about $79.99. It is the first time "terroir" is explored in agave. It is creating a new category of Single Estate and Vintage Year (same estate will not be re-released for nearly a decade due to the time it takes for an agave plant to mature) so that down the road you can taste various years against each other.

The method that is used is also done with hand care through a unique process: A few examples - they hand pick only the ripe agave and hand cut the core out of every pina to remove bitterness, agave is baked in in old stone ovens and do not use the juice from the first 8 hours of cooking to insure no bitterness, the fermentation process is natural and open air over several days....

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