Reposado tequila Says Jeff Savage, Senior Sommelier at plant world in Vancouver. But when you rope in reposados to mixology, the hidden tequila notes make it exciting Cocktails.
“What I find most prevalent in the reposado are the delicious, earthy notes that its siblings can’t match,” Savage says. “Blanco cherishes its bright, fresh, and salty notes, while Anejo offers round notes of vanilla and caramel.”
Always diplomatic, reposado has other elements of tequila in balance – allowing for an earthy, semi-umami character to develop.
Gabe Sanchez – Cocktail Master and General Manager in Dallas Midnight rambleran underground bar at The Joule – relies on reposado when he wants to add depth to a cocktail or reinvent a whiskey shake that has the affinity for American whiskey, but is enhanced by agave.
“Reposado adds undertones of oak and vanilla,” Sanchez says. “It’s the sweet spot between bright blanco and heavy notes of añejo tequila.
While blanco is often the base spirit in the most popular tequila drinks, reposado can make for a more complex cocktail and seamlessly transition crunchy summer sips (margaritas, palomas…) into fall. The following tequila cocktails, inspired by bartenders, are best with reposado.
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1. True Romance
Made for centuries by French monks, Yellow Chartreuse is a spicy spirit made up of 130 plants, flowers, bark, roots and spices. Reposado and easy-to-make honey syrup are joined in this nighttime cocktail created by Midnight Rambler.
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