Patrón El Alto is a prestige blend crafted by Master Distiller David Rodriguez from 100% Blue Weber agave grown in the highest parts of the Atotonilco El Alto region of Jalisco, the terrain the expression is named for and reputed to yield the sweetest agave. Its core is Patrón Extra Añejo, aged a minimum of four years, blended with Patrón Añejo and Reposado tequilas matured across eleven different barrel types, predominantly a hybrid American-oak-body, French-oak-head cask, following four years of development and over 300 tastings to settle the final blend. Most of the agave is crushed with a two-tonne volcanic tahona stone, Patrón’s traditional method, before fermentation with the brand’s proprietary yeast and distillation in copper pot stills.
CHARACTER
Agave: cooked agave anchors the nose and palate
Apricot: named directly among the brand’s own flavour tags
Vanilla: named on the palate by the brand, echoed independently
Chocolate: named by the brand, echoed independently as Mexican chocolate
Cask: toasted wood named by the brand and independent reviewers alike
TASTING NOTES
NOSE- Soft and sweet, cooked agave with dried fruit and toasted wood, echoed independently as toasted oak and nuts.
PALATE- Bright and layered, apricots, vanilla, almonds and cooked agave, with independent tasters adding Mexican chocolate and oak spice.
FINISH- Smooth and subtly sweet, oak tannins and barrel spice lingering to the last drop.
