Volcan de Mi Tierra Smoke Blanco Tequila

Volcán Smoke is a blanco with the smoke of mesquite and ember-roasted agave folded in — the LVMH house's answer to Dobel Humito, without additives. Volcán de Mi Tierra is Moët Hennessy's tequila — a 50/50 partnership with the Gallardo family of Jalisco — made at Agrotequilera de Jalisco, NOM 1523, at the foot of the Tequila volcano, and the house is explicit that it uses no abocantes: no caramel, glycerin, oak extract, or sugar. Smoke starts as the house Blanco — a blend of seven-to-eight-year highland and lowland blue Weber agave, roasted, tahona-and-mill crushed, fermented with champagne and rum yeasts, double-distilled — and takes its smoke from agave cooked over open flame, then is bottled at 40% ABV in the volcano-based bottle; check your bottle for the specifics. Expect a nose of mesquite smoke, cooked agave, and citrus, opening into a clean, medium-bodied palate where the smoke sits over the agave's pepper and highland fruit rather than replacing it — gentler than mezcal, with a dry, smoky finish. Honest note: the smoked-tequila category is small and divisive, and this is the most serious entry in it — for the mezcal-curious, the smoky Margarita, and the bartender who wants smoke without a mezcal float. In a smoky Margarita, a Paloma, or an agave Negroni. Volcán, smoked.

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