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House one · Tequila
Bebida de sabios. 100% agave tequila from the Pueblo de Tequila, Jalisco — no additives, no shortcuts, nothing to hide behind.
NOM 1489 · Jalisco, México
The house
Sapiens is made in the Pueblo de Tequila by Master Tequilero Enrique Legorreta, third generation of a tequila family and a certified Master Taster of the Mexican Academy of Tequila.
Agave is cooked slowly in brick ovens, fermented without rushing, and distilled in stainless steel and copper alembics. Nothing is added afterwards — no glycerin, no sweetener, no colour. What the agave gave is what reaches the glass.
The name is the argument: a drink of the wise, for people who evolve and demand more from what they drink.
The range
40% Alc. Vol. · 750 ml · BTI Gold, 93 points
The agave, unedited. Rested at least three weeks in stainless steel, then bottled as it left the still. Brilliantly clear with great body — cooked agave and grapefruit on the nose, white pepper and fresh mint at the end.
40% Alc. Vol. · 750 ml · BTI Gold, 90 points
The same Blanco, rested fourteen days with smoked French oak chips. Amber by consequence, never by addition — crisp smoke over fruity agave and toasted nut, closing on honey and vanilla.
How it is made
Agave hearts cook slowly in masonry brick ovens instead of an autoclave. It takes longer and yields less, which is the whole reason the flavour survives.
Fermented without accelerants or shortcuts. The batch is ready when it is ready, and the maestro decides that by taste.
Double distilled in stainless steel and copper alembics. The cuts — where the heart begins and ends — are made by the master tequilero, not by a meter.
Trade information
Category
Tequila 100% de agave · Blanco and Ahumado · no additives
Origin
Pueblo de Tequila, Jalisco, México · NOM 1489
Strength
40% Alc. Vol. · 80° proof
Format
750 ml, 100% recycled glass · 6 bottles per case
Trademark
Registered in the United States as SAPIENS BEBIDA DE SABIOS
Awards
Beverage Testing Institute — Gold, 93 points (Blanco) and 90 points (Ahumado)
The other house
Artisanal mezcal from a single valley in the Sierra de Oaxaca. Five magueys, two palenques.