Corazon Nicholas Single Barrel Reserve Reposado Tequila

This one comes from Casa San Matía a distillery with over 130 years of history operating in the highlands of Jalisco, Mexico. They have long been a serious player, known for their uncompromising approach to crafting the best tequila. They’re lead by Carmen Villarreal who has has worked closely with the expert craftswomen and men of Casa San Matías for decades, honoring traditions while also spending big bucks in order to make the excellent Corazón tequilas that they do.

Here’s the story: As many of you know, we recently offered our exclusive Eagle Rare Single Barrel Reserve bourbon. After that barrel was emptied at our warehouse, an idea struck me. What if, instead of using Corazon’s standard E.H. Taylor barrels for my next tequila selection, we sent OUR actual Eagle Rare barrel down to Jalisco to finish the tequila?

One call to the Sazerac team (owners of both Buffalo Trace and Corazon), and they were as excited about this “full circle” project as I was. They immediately arranged to transport our emptied Eagle Rare barrel to Jalisco, where it would be filled with my hand-selected Corazon Reposado.