Don Félix is named for Don Félix Bañuelos, founder of Destiladora de Los Altos (NOM 1412) in Arandas, Jalisco, and patriarch of a well-known tequila family from the highlands town; the same distillery also makes Hacienda Vieja. The tequila is made from 100% blue Weber agave from the producer’s own fields, cooked in autoclaves, crushed on a roller mill, fermented in stainless steel tanks and double distilled in stainless steel pot stills, in small batches of about 2,800 bottles. The process from fermentation through distillation runs 10 to 15 days. This Plata then does something unusual for a silver tequila: it rests for one month in virgin white oak barrels and is filtered through coconut fiber to strip out the color picked up in the wood, leaving it clear. It is bottled at 40% ABV (80 proof). The producer describes it as crisp, clean and elegant, with floral and agave aromas and citrus, herbal and spicy notes on the palate, and tasters on Tequila Matchmaker add cooked agave, vanilla, cinnamon and a mineral edge on a full body. Use it in margaritas and Palomas, or sip it chilled.
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