Chico Aguiar - El Tuito

Batch: JS-01

Release date: December 2021

At a glance:

  • Producer: Joaquin Solis
  • Agave: Chico Aguiar (A.Angustifolia)
  • Region: El Tuito, Cabo Corrientes, Costa-Sierra Occidental, Jalisco
  • Distillation style: Tree trunk
  • ABV: 47.9%

In the coastal Cabo Corrientes region of northern Jalisco sits the small community of El Tuito, and within that ‘Charco del Sol’ - the tiny distillery of Maestro Tabernero Joaquin Solis.

Joaquin and his team roast their agave in a an underground conical oven before milling it by hand - first cutting with a machete and then mashing with wooden mallets on top of a tarpaulin.

The airborne yeast in this relatively warm and humid region allow the mash to ferment in open air vats. Finally the fermented mash is double passed through a rustic still comprising a clay pot boiling chamber and a tree truck condensing chamber with copper lid and a liquid capture / run-off made from a rolled agave leaf.

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    Hand mashing on the right, swapping the bagazo from the still at the back

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Gracias Joaquin

House Tasting Notes:

A little cheddar cheese with notes of cinnamon. Relatively lactic and acidic compared to Angustifolia (Espadin) down in Oaxaca, but also with a smooth edge to it that’s a little reminiscent of the tequilas being made near by. It’s how those tequilas might have been made hundreds of years ago. Incredibly moorish and delicious.

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