It smells surprisingly strong with a kind of pungeant orange flavor and some peppermint. The palate is kind of syrupy with a very nice amount of wood richness. The wood has a distinctly strong umami flavor to it that does not taste like mushrooms and is hard to place. It has a bit of a barbeque sweetness but tastes a bit like cedar too. It isn't terribly bitter and has a lot of vanilla. This is a very unique tequila. There's a bit of a smokey chili flavor to this that fits well with the spiciness. The caramel notes are a bit richer than normal for a tequila with some cherry and orange elements (though it isn't a toffee level of richness). It's honestly hard to tell whether this is a tequila or an Armagnac. I wouldn't say that it is the best Armagnac, in fair part due to its mint and odd bitterness, but it is very good and quite hedonistic. The richness and complexity eventually become terrific. It's very adventurous for an Armagnac, but that doesn't make it bad. It's kind of refreshing and very tasty. I would absolutely love to sip this. This is somewhere between a 19 and a 20.
About this bottle
Enrique Fonseca's massive Tequileña distillery is a veritable laboratory of tequila production and the experimental lots of extra añejo that comprise the Fuenteseca project were never intended for commercial sale. These barrels were laid down in a subterranean cellar, where the cool environment was intended to allow them to age for years beyond what was otherwise considered desirable. This single-harvest tequila is a blend of column- and pot-distilled products which were vatted together before being aged in American oak ex-red wine barrels (85%) and used French oak (15%). This is the youngest batch of Fuenteseca but is still eons older than almost anything else on the market.
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