With spring just starting to warm up andĀ Cinco de Mayo on the horizon, that means it’s tequila season! I’m working hard to dig up more classic recipes with tequila because I’m pretty limited in what I can make,Ā whichĀ is usually Margaritas with the blancos, Old Fashioneds with the reposados or aƱejos, or drinking the good aƱejos neat in a snifter.
Casa Noble is a 100% agave tequila (the only kind you should buy) that’s $40 in a sexy, thick hand-blown glass bottle with an shiny pewter stopper. Backed by Carlos Santana, Casa Noble is available in the usualĀ varieties: unaged silver (which Casa Noble calls Crystal), “rested” resposado, and “old” aƱejo, as well as some high end premium single-barrel varieties.
If you taste it neat, Casa Noble Crystal begins with the initial, familiar blanco tequila smell – a little punchy, a little sour – but as you sip it, it’s very smooth with a fresh, grassy, roasted taste. It goes well in this classic tequila recipe:
Tequardo
- 1 oz tequila
- 1 oz rum
- 1 oz orange juice
- 1/4 oz triple sec
- shake and strain into a chilled cocktail glass
- garnish with an orange twist
