La Gritona Reposado 750ML

La Gritona Reposado 750ML  DISTILLED AND BOTLLED IN VALLE DE GUADALUPE, JALISCO, MEXICO La Gritona Reposado Tequila is a subtly rested tequila distilled by Melly Barajas and her staff of women at her small distillery in Valle De Guadalupe, Jalisco (NOM 1533). Melly distills La Gritona with agave that has a maturation age of 9-10 years, and all of her piñas must originate in the iron-rich red soil of the local Jalisco highlands. These agave plants are cultivated at the height of their sugar production, near the end of the life cycle. They are put into ovens within 24 hours of trimming, Melly’s agave is steam cooked in two thick-walled earthen ovens for 24 hours and then allowed to rest for another 24 hours before crushing. Next, the collected liquid is naturally fermented in open steel vats at a rate dictated by the local air temperature. Once fermentation is completed, they distill their nascent Blanco tequila twice. Finally, they rest the distilled Blanco in reused American whiskey barrels for eight months before filtering and bottling. They char the barrels very lightly, if necessary, and allow them to be used for other rested tequilas before resting so that the residual oak, the residual whiskey, and the leached color from both can be as stunted as possible while the reposado ages. They do not use copper stills or a tahona, diffuse, or an autoclave. Instead, after cooking, the agave is crushed with steel shredders and distilled in liquid in steel stills. Every step of production takes place under one roof, and the facility is overseen by a small staff of local women who work each process from start to finish. They currently bottle an average of 12,500 liters per batch. The agave remnants left over after production are given to local farmers to use as cattle feed. The bottles are hand-blown with recycled Mexican glass in Zapopan, an hour away from the distillery.