Volcan de mi Tierra Blanco Tequila Review
Travel Distilled reviews the Blanco tequila from the Volcan de mi Tierra distillery, one of the newer tequila distilleries in Jalisco, Mexico.
A few months ago I was lucky enough to visit Jalisco in Mexico and tour several tequila distilleries. One of the most interesting was Volcan de mi Tierra, whose blanco I got to sip in a tasting. Now I’ve got my hands on a full bottle, so it’s time for a proper review.
The older distilleries with their long histories were fascinating, of course, but what was really enjoyable at Volcan was seeing a new distillery starting from scratch and coming up with its first tequila. You can read elsewhere about my visit to the Volcan de mi Tierra distillery.
In the tasting at the distillery we tried two lowland tequilas made using different methods, one highland tequila, and finally the Volcan de mi Tierra Blanco, which was a blend of highland and lowland tequilas. It was only on the 177th attempt at the blending that they were satisfied with the taste they had created.
As I examined the handsome bottle of Volcan de mi Tierra Blanco, it took me right back to my visit to the distillery. I remembered the small room where every label was stuck on by hand, and where I was shown how to do it and got to apply a label myself, before every single bottle got a final polish before it was ready to go out into the world.
The Volcan bottle is the first pleasure you get from this tequila. It’s a beautiful (and no doubt expensive) object, squat and chunky, with the indent in the bottom in the shape of the Tequila Volcano, which you can see from the distillery.
It also has a blue tinge to it, suggesting an icy purity about the spirit. The distillery name is in raised glass, as is the distillery’s logo. At first glance this looks like a stylized version of the shape of the volcano, with rays of sun around it. Look closer and you see that it is also an agave plant.
Volcan de mi Tierra Blanco Tequila
Volcan de mi Tierra Blanco is made from 100% blue agave, unaged, and bottled at 40% ABV. The distiller has created a tequila with a nose that is fresh and aromatic, with scents of fruit like apple and even pineapple, I thought. This is balanced by a tang of saltiness and a peppery aroma.
Sipping the tequila, it manages to be both smooth and fiery, with the pepper on the nose turning into a spicier hint of jalapeno. There’s the citrus and spice which is typical of lowland agave, while the highland plants bring fruits like peach and pineapple to the mix.
Blancos are often simple and get used in cocktails to provide the tequila base to build flavors on. Not this one, though. Volcan de mi Tierra Blanco is quite definitely for sipping, and I can only agree with my colleague at Drinkhacker that ‘it’s one of the best blancos I’ve had in years.’
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Volcan de mi Tierra Blanco Tequila retails at $39.99, though you can find it at a range of prices from different online retailers including Drizly. You can learn more about it from the Volcan de mi Tierra website. And now read my reviews of Volcan’s Cristalino Tequila, and their Reposado.
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