Lagrimas del Valle 'El Chiqueno' Plata Tequila 2022

Lágrimas del Valle is El Tequileño's single-field series — one harvest, one plot, one year — and El Chiqueño 2022 is the plata from that field, bottled to show what one piece of ground tastes like. Antonio Salles is the third generation at La Guarreña, NOM 1108, the Salles family distillery in the town of Tequila since 1959 and the house pour of the town itself; Lágrimas del Valle — tears of the valley — is his terroir project, and each release names its field and year. The El Chiqueño Plata is 100% blue Weber agave from the El Chiqueño plot, harvested in 2022, slow-cooked in brick ovens, fermented with the house's volcanic spring water, double-distilled, and bottled unaged at 40% ABV, additive-free; check your bottle for the lote. Expect the valley's earthy, mineral cooked agave with the specific field's character — green pepper, citrus, wet stone, and a faint sweetness — dense and oily on the palate with a long, clean, peppery finish. Honest note: a single-field vintage blanco from one of the most respected family distilleries in Tequila, made in tiny quantities and gone when it's gone — the enthusiast's blanco, and a lesson in terroir beside the standard El Tequileño Blanco. Neat, in a copita. One field, one year.

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