Aromas of anise, green olives, fresh rosemary and light wood notes. The palate is dry ans slightly salty with intense oak mixed with orange peel and white pepper.
Las Raíces (the roots), located 7.5km east of Los Alambiques, is a gentle hillside sloping south with an altitude of 7,145 feet. It has a small forest of ash, oak, and poplar that divides the property in two. The soil is the typical red clay of Los Altos, full of iron and potassium, and in the last 25 years, agave has only been planted twice. With approximately 142,000 fully matured agave, this ranch is the largest ever used for Tequila Ocho production. The yield for 2024 is estimated at 3,500 tons with an average piña size of 55 pounds and a 32% sugar content.
Tequila Ocho sources its agaves from "single estates" - single parcels of land with unique microclimates. Access to multiple estates at varying altitudes allows Ocho to showcase different nose and favor characteristics through each vintage. The brand represents the unveiling of "terroir" as a genuine product concept in tequila and confirms that it exists as much in agave as it does in grapes. This concept is centuries old in wine, but has not been seriously explored in spirits. Whereas most spirits focus their distillation on delivering "consistency of character", Ocho is original in its delivery of "complexity of character" through each vintage.
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