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Ventura Spirits

Ventura Spirits
Blanco Yolo Agave Spirit Batch No. 1

Category: Agave Spirit

Date Tasted:
Country: USA
Alcohol: 42.5%
89 Points
Silver Medal
Highly Recommended
$60

Ventura Spirits
Blanco Yolo Agave Spirit Batch No. 1

Category: Agave Spirit

Date Tasted:
Country: USA
Alcohol: 42.5%
Clear color. Aromas and flavors of aloe and carrot, mint and pepper, ginseng and bamboo shoots, and jalapeño skin and pineapple skin with a satiny, crisp, dry medium body and a warming, delightful, breezy finish evoking notes of peppermint, herbs and ungi blanc juice, sesame, and cinnamon tobacco. Fruity and minty, quite fascinating and strangely delicious albeit atypical.

Tasting Info

Spirits Glass Style: Crisp & Lively
Aroma Aroma: aloe and carrot, mint and pepper, ginseng and bamboo shoots, and jalapeño skin and pineapple skin
Taste Flavor: Same as aromas with notes of peppermint, herbs and ungi blanc juice, sesame, and cinnamon tobacco
Smoothness Smoothness: Warming
Enjoy Enjoy: in cocktails
Cocktail Cocktails: Paloma, Sangrita, Tommy's Margarita
Bottom Line Bottom Line: Fruity and minty, quite fascinating and strangely delicious albeit atypical.

The Producer

Ventura Spirits

The Producer
3891 N. Ventura Ave.
Ventura, CA 93001
USA
1 805-232-4313

Agave Spirit

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Serve in a Shot Glass
Agave spirit refers to a spirit made from one of the numerous varieties of agave plants outside the Mexican denominations of Tequila, Mezcal, Sotol, Bacanora and Raicilla. While most of the products are produced in Mexico from locally grown agave there are also examples made from agave grown in the southwestern United States and even the nation of Venezuela. Specific categories include Sikua from the Mexican state of Michoacan and Cocuy from Venezuela.

These sprits are usually clear, unless aged in oak, which gives them a golden color. Flavor profiles range from sweet potatoes and roasted pepper to herbs and smoky minerals; often there is a peppery finish. They are meant to be sipped as an aperitif, in cocktails, or served with spicy Mexican and Latin cuisine.