Ilegal Reposado Mezcal, 70cl, 40% ABV

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Arette Blanco is a premium silver tequila, launched in 2007 and highly thought of on the drinks scene. Facebook sets this cookie to show relevant advertisements to users by tracking user behaviour across the web, on sites that have Facebook pixel or Facebook social plugin. After distillation, the spirit is aged for four months in American oak casks, resulting in a perfect balance of agave, smoke, and wood.

More fitting of a Soderbergh film, Ilegal's history is full of bandits, river rafts, bribes and disguises. Buttery notes meld with vegetal sweetness to offer a combination you wouldn’t expect to work, but it does!Soon, this mezcal was being carried in the luggage of travellers passing from Guatemala to America and beyond. We also use different external services like Google Webfonts, Google Maps, and external Video providers. These cookies allow us to create statistical analyses to determine which articles are the most popular. Aged for 4 months in American oak barrels this reposado has more body and complexity than the joven. uk accepts no liability for inaccuracies or misstatements about products by manufacturers or other third parties.

Though Eric Hernandez was originally involved in the distillation, Ilegal Mezcal was most recently produced by Alvaro and Armando Hernandez. What do you do when you're one of the most famous men in the world and you've created the fastest growing tequila brand in the world? This service may be limited or not available at all in some places due to local law or other restrictions.Smooth from the first sip, you can taste the smokiness of the oak used in the maturation process and light fresh agave also comes through quickly. The aroma is thick with smoke and woody notes, peppered with notes of chilli and a flavour which is massively hot and spicy yet somehow creamy in the mouth. While I mostly concur with the other reviews claiming this is not a regular mezcal, I can totally enjoy it on its own merits.

The company had a very successful marketing campaign around the phrase “Donald eres un Pendejo” in 2016 for the US election. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. To make Ilegal Reposado, agaves are cooked in earthen pits, then crushed with a tahona and naturally fermented. Produced originally for personal consumption, this superbly smooth tequila is now available for the world to share. Please note local Duties and Taxes may be charged by Customs in the destination country and the receiver is responsible for paying them.Handcrafted in small batches by fourth-generation mezcaleros, our Joven, Reposado, and Añejo mezcals are all made with perfectly ripe, sustainable Espadín agave, double distilled in the Santiago Matatlan Valley of Oaxaca, Mexico. Check out our signature mezcal cocktail recipes, and try Ilegal as the base spirit in a Mezcal Margarita, a Mezcal Mule, or your favorite cocktail. We recommend that you do not rely solely on the information presented here and that you always read labels, warnings, and directions before using or consuming a product.