{"title":"Excellia","description":"\u003cp\u003eExcellia Tequila — highland tequila finished in Sauternes and Cognac casks, a collaboration with Cognac's Jean-Sébastien Robicquet. Shop Excellia Blanco, Reposado, and Añejo with fast shipping from Chips Liquor.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"excellia-tequila-anejo","title":"Excellia Añejo Tequila","description":"\u003cp\u003eExcellia is a collaboration between two distillers from different worlds: Jean-Sébastien Robicquet, the French oenologist behind Cîroc vodka, and Carlos Camarena of La Alteña distillery (NOM 1139) in Arandas, in the Highlands of Jalisco. Launched in 2011, the brand was built around an idea Robicquet brought from France: aging tequila in Grand Cru Sauternes wine casks and Cognac barrels, then blending the two together. The base spirit is classic Camarena, made from estate-grown blue Weber agave of around twelve years of age, slow-cooked in traditional brick ovens, fermented in wooden vats and double distilled in copper pot stills. The Añejo spends eighteen months in those French casks and is bottled at 40% ABV. Excellia's own notes describe dessert-wine aromas of ripe sweet grapes, dried apricots and pears, building into rancio, baked spices, herbs, leather and sandalwood. The palate is intense and round, with firm, tannic wood, fresh spice, tingling pepper and a sweet charcoal note, and the long finish settles into cocoa and orchard fruit. It deliberately avoids the vanilla-and-honey sweetness of many añejos, so treat it the way you would a good Cognac: neat, in a tulip glass, with time to open up.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBuy Excellia Añejo Tequila online with fast shipping right to your door.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chips Liquor","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":33716922941575,"sku":"C0002946L","price":89.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0057\/8089\/7892\/products\/ExcelliaTequilaAnejo.jpg?v=1587664183"},{"product_id":"excellia-tequila-blanco","title":"Excellia Blanco Tequila","description":"\u003cp\u003eExcellia pairs Highland tequila with French winemaking: it was created in 2011 by Jean-Sébastien Robicquet, the French oenologist and distiller behind Cîroc vodka, and Carlos Camarena, whose La Alteña distillery (NOM 1139) in Arandas, Jalisco, is one of the most respected in Los Altos. The tequila is made from estate-grown blue Weber agave, cooked in brick ovens and double distilled in copper pot stills, and every Excellia expression is matured in a mix of Grand Cru Sauternes wine casks and Cognac barrels. For the Blanco, that contact is brief: the spirit rests just a few weeks in the casks, enough to give it a faint gold shade without losing a blanco's clarity and focus. Bottled at 40% ABV, it shows cloves, tobacco and toasted brioche on the nose according to the producer, with spice, vanilla, fruit and a hint of leather on the palate and a long finish of dried spices and faint jasmine. Excellia's aim was a blanco that borrows the delicate flavors usually reserved for añejo and extra añejo while keeping the strength and agave drive that make blanco a connoisseur favorite. Try it neat first, then in a spirit-forward cocktail where the cask spice can show.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBuy Excellia Blanco Tequila online with fast shipping right to your door.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chips Liquor","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":33716935131271,"sku":"C0002947L","price":54.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0057\/8089\/7892\/products\/ExcelliaTequilaBlanco.jpg?v=1587663820"},{"product_id":"excellia-tequila-reposado","title":"Excellia Reposado Tequila","description":"\u003cp\u003eExcellia Reposado is the middle of a three-bottle range created in 2011 by French oenologist Jean-Sébastien Robicquet, the man behind Cîroc vodka, and tequilero Carlos Camarena of La Alteña distillery (NOM 1139) in Arandas, in the Highlands of Jalisco. The partnership set out to bridge French wine and spirits traditions with tequila, and its signature is the cask program: every expression is aged in a combination of Grand Cru Sauternes wine casks and Cognac barrels, with the two parcels blended together before bottling. The spirit itself is made from estate-grown blue Weber agave of around twelve years old, slow-cooked in brick ovens, fermented in wooden vats and double distilled in copper pot stills. The Reposado spends nine months in those French casks. Excellia describes a golden straw color and a complex nose of honey, toasted wood, mushroom, dried lavender, jasmine and violet. The palate is round and broad, with rich honey, cigar box and caramelized agave alongside subtle rancio and orchard fruit, and the finish is long, spicy and earthy. It keeps the fruit-forward character of Los Altos agave while the Sauternes casks add a soft, wine-like depth. Sip it neat, or use it in a reposado Old Fashioned.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBuy Excellia Reposado Tequila online with fast shipping right to your door.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chips Liquor","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":33716941783175,"sku":"C0002948L","price":76.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0057\/8089\/7892\/products\/ExcelliaTequilaRepo.jpg?v=1587664018"}],"url":"https:\/\/chipsliquor.com\/collections\/excellia.oembed","provider":"Chips Liquor","version":"1.0","type":"link"}