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| Centinela Imperial Reposado - Old Bottle |
| NOM: 1140-I Distillery: Tequila Centinela, S.A. de C.V. Importer: No Importer (MX Bottle) Area: Highlands Aged: 6 Months Barrel Type: American White Oak Kentucky Whiskey Barrels Bottle Size: 750ml Bottle Number: n/a Number of Distillations: 2 Alcohol Percentage: 38%/76 Proof Price: $100 Current Website: http://www.tequilacentinela.com.mx |
My Tasting Notes: n/a
Info on the Back of the Bottle: n/a
Other Info: Lance Cutler, author of the Tequila Lover’s Guide To Mexico, states the
following information about the Centinela line in his book and on his website:
"Centinela is a family-owned business with claims of producing handcrafted tequilas
dating back to 1894. Located in the city of Arandas, in the heart of the Los Altos tequila
growing region, Centinela is supervised by master distiller Jaime Antonio Gonzales
Torres. Don Jaime has supervised Centinela production for more than 30 years.
For several years, Centinela maintained an average production of around 3,000 liters
per day, but in 1995 it expanded dramatically to 15,000 liters per day by the end of
1996. Centinela owns some agave fields, but purchases the majority of its agaves from
local farmers.
Hospitality at Centinela is warm and generous. Juan Leonardo Hernandez, the
administrative manager, speaks no English, but lives to accommodate visitors, and has
an unfailing palate for recommending fine restaurants in the area. A tour reveals a
distillery bursting at the seams with a jumble of new hornos, tanks squeezed into
cramped buildings, and stills fighting like saplings for a place in the sun. Every building
on the property is filled from floor to ceiling with barrels.
All Centinela tequilas are 100% blue agave. Under the Centinela brand is a Blanco, a
Reposado, an Añejo, and an Añejo Tres Años that is aged in barrel for three years.
These tequilas are imported into the United States by El Dorado Importers. The second
label, Cabrito, includes a Blanco and a Reposado, and has been distributed in the
United States since 1996.
The house style is refined, gentle, and full of finesse, with pure, intense agave aromas
and flavors, and rich, cream soda character in the aged tequilas. Delicately fresh, with
layers of complexity hanging on a strong agave base, Centinela tequilas are favorites."
-Wine Patrol
Info on the Back of the Bottle: n/a
Other Info: Lance Cutler, author of the Tequila Lover’s Guide To Mexico, states the
following information about the Centinela line in his book and on his website:
"Centinela is a family-owned business with claims of producing handcrafted tequilas
dating back to 1894. Located in the city of Arandas, in the heart of the Los Altos tequila
growing region, Centinela is supervised by master distiller Jaime Antonio Gonzales
Torres. Don Jaime has supervised Centinela production for more than 30 years.
For several years, Centinela maintained an average production of around 3,000 liters
per day, but in 1995 it expanded dramatically to 15,000 liters per day by the end of
1996. Centinela owns some agave fields, but purchases the majority of its agaves from
local farmers.
Hospitality at Centinela is warm and generous. Juan Leonardo Hernandez, the
administrative manager, speaks no English, but lives to accommodate visitors, and has
an unfailing palate for recommending fine restaurants in the area. A tour reveals a
distillery bursting at the seams with a jumble of new hornos, tanks squeezed into
cramped buildings, and stills fighting like saplings for a place in the sun. Every building
on the property is filled from floor to ceiling with barrels.
All Centinela tequilas are 100% blue agave. Under the Centinela brand is a Blanco, a
Reposado, an Añejo, and an Añejo Tres Años that is aged in barrel for three years.
These tequilas are imported into the United States by El Dorado Importers. The second
label, Cabrito, includes a Blanco and a Reposado, and has been distributed in the
United States since 1996.
The house style is refined, gentle, and full of finesse, with pure, intense agave aromas
and flavors, and rich, cream soda character in the aged tequilas. Delicately fresh, with
layers of complexity hanging on a strong agave base, Centinela tequilas are favorites."
-Wine Patrol
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