Porfidio
Mexico
Martin Grassl, Austrian born, while working for an Austrian drinks company was sent off to Mexico, age 24, to learn all about marketing tequila. He spent a year in Jalisco learning all aspects of producing tequila, studying agave cultivation, glass production and examining sales and marketing. It is from this insight into the tequila world that Martin Grassl spotted a gap in the market for quality distilled blue agave tequila. Grassl’s aim was to establish a product that would blast the image of tequila out of the firewater category and into a super-premium spirit sector, launching Porfidio in 1991.
Martin has achieved cult status for the Porfidio range, comprising specialist brands produced in limited quantities.
Porfidio The Original’ single-Agave Anejo Extra 39.3% is described as a ‘Super premium agave spirit’, which has a clear medium body that has been triple distilled. With no added sugar, its purity is of the highest quality, using only the best quality parts of the agave plant. It has a spicy, smoky aroma with a hint of caramelised vegetables. It is well rounded with a rich palate with undertones of vanilla and cinnamon that are lightly honeyed. A gentle heat builds up with a hint of cooked plums and oranges. It is not aged and is bottled within 60 days of distillation. Every bottle is hand blown in Japan and each cactus on the bottle is an individual piece of art, with no two bottles being identical.
Martin created this single-Agave Anejo to step out the constraints of the tequila restrictions and focus on quality.
‘El Caballo Estrella’ Tequilla Gold 40% is made for Top Selection exclusively. It is made of 100% agave, and is aged in oak barrels. It has an intensive and very attractive nose of banana, peach, roasted nuts with some wet grass. The palate is equally rich and complex with a touch of dry cinnamon and earthy minerality with the fatty fruitiness. A well-rested Tequila that spent up to 6 months in whisky barrels that explains the oak and pepper notes which fade into vanilla right before the smooth, long-lasting finish.
WINES BY PORFIDIO
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