Home of Uncommon is a tequila initiative that acquired its begin with a specific mission: Slightly than specializing in custom, the operation is concentrated on sourcing uncommon and uncommon casks to complete its spirits, releasing them as restricted editions and collaborations. (Tawny Port end, anybody? Umeshu?)
As nicely, lately the model started releasing its personal distillate as a regular blanco with none fancy ending and as a reposado, aged in PX sherry casks for six months. Each are produced on the Herencia de Agaves distillery within the El Arenal appellation of Jalisco.
We sampled three merchandise from Home of Uncommon, and we’ll add to this assessment as extra arrive for tasting.
All reviewed listed below are NOM 1648.
Home of Uncommon Tequila Home Blanco Assessment
Agave-forward, virtually to an excessive. This aggressive spirit pours on the pepper in each white and black codecs. To name this vegetal can be an understatement, because the expertise positively smolders with underbrush and notes of smudged sage. The palate is equally a bruiser, all pepper and barrel char, with greener agave notes simply as pushy. A squeeze of lemon provides the one brighter notice to the equation, together with some saline, however that is fleeting, because the end returns to charrier, extra brooding territory. For those who actually wish to “style the agave,” look no additional. However complicated it ain’t. 80 proof. B+ / $70
Home of Uncommon Tequila Founder’s Reduce Blanco Assessment
This restricted version blanco was the primary launch from Home of Uncommon’s personal distillery and was restricted to 777 bottles. It is a milder however nonetheless intense tequila with lots of the identical trappings of the Home Blanco, however minimize on the nostril with a contact of sweetness and a few mint. The palate stays gravelly and wealthy, fairly earthy and virtually chocolatey at occasions. On the identical time an industrial character clings to the expertise, giving the end a barely off notice. The lemon touches of the Home Blanco are seen right here, however as a substitute they arrive throughout a bit nearer to Lemon Pledge. Extra black pepper offers the conclusion an much more aggressive, lasting character. 80 proof. B+ / $180
Home of Uncommon Tequila Home Reposado Assessment
Aged in Pedro Ximenez sherry casks for six months. There’s no lacking the sherry right here, which successfully muscle mass out Home of Uncommon’s extra insistent agave notes to showcase a massively nutty character, turning leathery and sharp, with smoldering torched citrus peel notes that evoke some smokiness because it develops. The palate acquits itself equally, although with a bit extra sweetness than anticipated, not less than at first. Once more that sherry takes over, turning into fairly woody and tannic because it sits on the tongue. The end sees a few of the blanco’s extra peppery and earthier components coming into clearer focus, which is refreshing in that it provides one thing a little bit totally different to the wine-forward expertise, however which muddies the expertise greater than I anticipated, leaving the fade-out greater than a little bit scattered. 80 proof. B / $90
Home of Uncommon Tequila Founder’s Reduce Blanco
USD180
