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What happens when you take a tequila and you put it in a bourbon barrel that previously held whiskey for at least 12 years, and then you let it rest for another nine months? And we're not talking about normal whiskey. We're talking about the whiskey that people try to find all over that pay thousands of dollars for a bottle. I can't tell you the name of it, but I know this. My pappy would drink it if he found a bottle. So what we've got sitting here is pretty special. This is the brand new Terra D Ensueno single barrel reposado selected by Rich and the New York New Jersey Agave club. First off, I want to give a big thank you to Rich and everyone over at the New York New Jersey Agave Club for sending me this sample. I've actually got a full bottle on its way, but I can't wait to go ahead and try this one. So today we're going to talk a little bit about the story behind the release, what makes this particular barrel interesting, and most importantly, find out how it tastes. One of the things I really enjoy about the tequila community is seeing different agave clubs come together and support each other. I've gotten to know Rich through the community, and I really appreciate him thinking of me and sending me this sample. I Now let's talk about what's inside this bottle. Rich. The New York New Jersey Agave Club have something in common with me as well. We both love to support a group called Gente Buena. Gente Buena is an organization in Mexico that's helping a small town really change the lives of the people there. The town is called San Pedro de los Landeros, and we first started working with this organization. This town had no running water. All the water was delivered to people by truck a couple days a week. And you had to store it however you could. And with the help of the New York New Jersey Agave Club and Rich's support, they were able to put cisterns at every home and now give sustainable running water to everybody in the town. And today we're moving forward with one more step, and that is bringing a clinic and medical help to the people that live in this town. And this bottle is helping do that. Even though you can't buy it now because it is sold out, the profits from this will be going to the Gente Buena to help them continue to help people in the tequila region and change people's lives. And I'm so excited that group, like the New York New Jersey Agave Club, got behind something like this. Now let's talk about this bottle and this tequila. The tequila comes from Terra d', insueno, produced at nom 1580. If you followed my channel for a while, you already know I really love this tequila. I love what the people behind it are doing. Sergio Cruz and Oscar Vasquez are making some phenomenal tequila. I did recently get the opportunity to interview Matt Robinson from Taryn d'. Antenno. So if you'd like to find out a little more about the brand, definitely go check that out. Now here's something interesting about this particular release. The members of the New York, New Jersey Agave Club actually traveled down to the distillery in 20 collect this barrel. And that's something I think is pretty cool. They didn't just have some samples sent to them. They actually went to the distillery and involved in finding the tequila that they want to bring out as their single barrel. These barrels, like I said, previously held high proof weeded bourbon that was aged for at least 12 years. We're not talking about a barrel that just had normal bourbon in it. We're talking about something that was very special. Now this particular Release is bottled at 45.5 alcohol, so 91 proof. I love seeing a high proof reposado. Those are some of my favorites. And we're talking about a pretty limited release here. There was only a couple hundred bottles.
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Did get my order in, thankfully. But I did find out today when I'm recording this, it's actually sold out. So let's go ahead and dive into this one and give it a nose. Okay. So I do get the Ensueno cooked agave smell what I smell in their tequilas. It is one of my favorite brands. It's a nice minerality. I get a small little hint of citrus, like a lime note. And from there it becomes that bourbon. A really nice, musty barrel smell. A really nice caramel and vanilla and honestly, just nice sweet agave. Look at the color of that before I take a sip of this one. It's got a nice color for a repo. Let's, let's dive in here.
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Great cooked agave, great barrel spice notes, vanilla caramel, a little touch of like a lime zest. There's a teeny bit of cinnamon with those baking spices that are there. Wow, that's a really nice, like creamy vanilla note. Second taste ramped up the coco agave lint and a little more cinnamon and a little bit more of that oak. Almost like it's hard to explain. Like the, the oak is like a fresh wood taste where it's like a musty wood smell. That's really good. This is very complex too. I can't wait for my bottle to come so I can kind of open it up and just taste through it for a little while. Because, you know, a bottle like that is going to change. Little more vanilla and caramel as the finish comes in with just a really nice roasted pineapple Coke. Agave flavor, 91 proof, great flavor, great coat. Agave. If you were lucky enough to get one of these bottles, you are lucky now. One thing I always remind people when we're talking about single barrel releases is every barrel be different. That's part of what makes this special. And I know it's hard when so many new ones are coming out to chase all of these. So don't get fomo, just get the ones that you can. I think it's pretty cool that New York, New Jersey Agave Club had the opportunity to go down there and actually make their selection. They spend a lot of time in the tequila community in the tequila region. These guys know what they're doing. So when you see that they have a single barrel release coming out, just know that the people behind picking it really know how to choose an amazing flavor. And I got to say, again, doing something like they do with the charities that they work with, especially hint, the wina really fires me up. And again, thank you to Rich and everybody at the New York, New Jersey Agave Club for sending me this sample. So if you had this single barrel release, drop the comments, let me know what you think of it. See if you can guess what that barrel really was this tequila rested in. Put it in the comments if you know already. Because if you know, you know. Thanks for watching Cheers. And until next time, keep drinking great tequila. Have a great night.