If you know good tequila, you know Clase Azul. Renowned for its high-class tequila crafted meticulously to provide a smooth, enjoyable sipping experience in a handcrafted bottle that doubles as a work of art, this tequila brand is the pinnacle of luxury in the spirit world. Clase Azul currently has five existing tequilas and three mezcals. However, they recently added a new tequila to their collection, tequila Blanco Ahumado.
Upholding tradition is a primary focus of this ICONIC tequila brand, so the craftsmen curate the tequila by blending ancient tequila-making traditions with artisanal mastery. Clase Azul Tequila Blanco Ahumado is achieved by cooking blue agave cores in an oven pit dug into the ground and lit with firewood and volcanic rocks; this method is of ancient origin. During cooking, the flames that light the firewood barely touch the agave; it is the rocks that transmit the necessary heat.
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The agave is then shredded before continuing onto fermentation, where the juices
and fibers extracted from the plant come together with Clase Azul’s proprietary yeast, which was developed from wild varieties selected from their agave fields. Finally, the liquid is double-distilled in custom-made copper stills.
“Looking to achieve a smoky profile for this tequila, I set out to capture the essence of traditional mezcal-making, reinterpreting each stage of the process to elevate the unique character of the blue agave, but this time through a deliberate act,” Viridiana Tinoco, master distiller at Clase Azul México, shared:
Clase Azul Tequila Blanco Ahumado is an innovative expression of tequila; it’s a spirit with a subtle touch of smoke. This smoky profile also features notes of plum and red apple while also having flavors of fresh lemon with a mineral front that gives way to a silky finish with smoky undertones.
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The Clase Azul Tequila Blanco Ahumado is bottled in a stunning semi-opaque glass bottle atop a volcanic rock base, an ode to the rocks that cook the agave cores in the first step of the tequila-making process. The copper top alludes to the stills that are used to distill the tequila. The finished product looks as good as the tequila tastes.
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