| Cabo Wabo Añejo - 2nd Edition |
| NOM: 1467 Distillery: Impulsora Rombo, S.A. De C.V. Importer: WDL Spirits Area: Highlands Aged: 1-5 Years Barrel Type: American White Oak Bottle Size: 750ml Bottle Number: n/a Number of Distillations: 2 Alcohol Percentage: 40%/80 Proof Price: $39 Current Website: http://www.cabowabo.com |
My Tasting Notes: I purchased 1.5 ounces of this tequila at Zocalo in Sacramento,
CA for $10 and tasted it out of a snifter. With a yellow golden color, this tequila has
intense aromas of floral and earth. Other aromas include moderate fruit and spice
also, mild vanilla and hints of caramel and smoke. The tequila has a thin oily mouth
feel and the first sip is sweet with mild bitterness. Cabo Wabo Anejo has numerous
arrays of flavors due to its 1 to 5 years of aging. Intense flavors of earth are followed
by moderate notes of agave, spice, and smoke. With a medium-to-short duration of
flavor, tastes of mild chemicals, fruit, floral, and caramel with a hint of vanilla bring this
tequila to a numbing finish.
Info on the Back of the Bottle: "Our tequila is produced the traditional way
using only 100% tequilana weber blue agave from the region of tequila, state of
Jalisco, Mexico."
Other Info: These 2nd Edition bottles were released in 2002.
Here is some history behind Cabo Wabo courtesy of their website:
"Cabo Wabo Tequila was brought to life in 1996 on the back roads of Guadalajara -el
centro of the state of Jalisco, Mexico. After what seemed like eons of time searching for
a tequila of good enough quality to serve at the Cantina and call his own, Sammy
Hagar linked with a small Mexican Tequila maker that had been in operation since
1937. Although some of the players have changed since the birth and rise of Cabo
Wabo Tequila, it continues to be grown and hand made by a well-established tequila
family with deep roots in the tequila fields of Jalisco.
Of course, tequila itself was born well before Cabo Wabo Tequila came along. Legend
has it that a thunderbolt was felt loudly over an Agave field. It struck an Agave plant,
sending its "heart" (core, "pina") into a flame and spawning aromatic nectar from its
gut. The Indians considered this a gift from the Gods, so they drank the mystical juice
with fear and reverence. The liquor became essential in ritual ceremonies as it
"produced a state of euphoria on the priests, warriors and the wise" and even then
the best tequila was kept largely for the exclusive, powerful beings in the know. The
Agave plant has been revered for ages as "sacred, mystic, and even divine".
The Mexican government shows its great respect to the Agave plant and to tequila as
it closely monitors the process of easing the plant into maturity and placing it in the
hands of only those producers that will honor its heritage. With few sanctioned
exceptions, no drink obtains the name tequila without coming from Jalisco, home to the
town of Tequila and the city of Guadalajara. The blend of geography and human touch
are unique to this region, and essential to tequila. Tequila is the cognac and life-blood
of this land and has been respected and consumed by the local inhabitants since
ancient times.
Cabo Wabo Tequila maintains its smooth, no after-burn flavor by sustaining its respect
of the long-standing tequila traditions that made it the drink of choice of the wise and
venerated mystics. We do not cut corners like other brands which legally mix up to
49% of fillers and still call their product "tequila" - Cabo Wabo Tequila is nothing less
than 100% pure blue weber agave. Join the real, pure trip - drink Cabo Wabo Tequila
and party as well as the mystics of the days of yore!
The Highest Quality 100% Blue Weber Agave Tequila - Pure, Unadulterated, Fun"
CA for $10 and tasted it out of a snifter. With a yellow golden color, this tequila has
intense aromas of floral and earth. Other aromas include moderate fruit and spice
also, mild vanilla and hints of caramel and smoke. The tequila has a thin oily mouth
feel and the first sip is sweet with mild bitterness. Cabo Wabo Anejo has numerous
arrays of flavors due to its 1 to 5 years of aging. Intense flavors of earth are followed
by moderate notes of agave, spice, and smoke. With a medium-to-short duration of
flavor, tastes of mild chemicals, fruit, floral, and caramel with a hint of vanilla bring this
tequila to a numbing finish.
Info on the Back of the Bottle: "Our tequila is produced the traditional way
using only 100% tequilana weber blue agave from the region of tequila, state of
Jalisco, Mexico."
Other Info: These 2nd Edition bottles were released in 2002.
Here is some history behind Cabo Wabo courtesy of their website:
"Cabo Wabo Tequila was brought to life in 1996 on the back roads of Guadalajara -el
centro of the state of Jalisco, Mexico. After what seemed like eons of time searching for
a tequila of good enough quality to serve at the Cantina and call his own, Sammy
Hagar linked with a small Mexican Tequila maker that had been in operation since
1937. Although some of the players have changed since the birth and rise of Cabo
Wabo Tequila, it continues to be grown and hand made by a well-established tequila
family with deep roots in the tequila fields of Jalisco.
Of course, tequila itself was born well before Cabo Wabo Tequila came along. Legend
has it that a thunderbolt was felt loudly over an Agave field. It struck an Agave plant,
sending its "heart" (core, "pina") into a flame and spawning aromatic nectar from its
gut. The Indians considered this a gift from the Gods, so they drank the mystical juice
with fear and reverence. The liquor became essential in ritual ceremonies as it
"produced a state of euphoria on the priests, warriors and the wise" and even then
the best tequila was kept largely for the exclusive, powerful beings in the know. The
Agave plant has been revered for ages as "sacred, mystic, and even divine".
The Mexican government shows its great respect to the Agave plant and to tequila as
it closely monitors the process of easing the plant into maturity and placing it in the
hands of only those producers that will honor its heritage. With few sanctioned
exceptions, no drink obtains the name tequila without coming from Jalisco, home to the
town of Tequila and the city of Guadalajara. The blend of geography and human touch
are unique to this region, and essential to tequila. Tequila is the cognac and life-blood
of this land and has been respected and consumed by the local inhabitants since
ancient times.
Cabo Wabo Tequila maintains its smooth, no after-burn flavor by sustaining its respect
of the long-standing tequila traditions that made it the drink of choice of the wise and
venerated mystics. We do not cut corners like other brands which legally mix up to
49% of fillers and still call their product "tequila" - Cabo Wabo Tequila is nothing less
than 100% pure blue weber agave. Join the real, pure trip - drink Cabo Wabo Tequila
and party as well as the mystics of the days of yore!
The Highest Quality 100% Blue Weber Agave Tequila - Pure, Unadulterated, Fun"
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