Paladar Reposado Tempranillo Cask Tequila
Paladar Reposado Tempranillo Cask Tequila is the wine-finished expression in Paladar's Experimental Range, from the Orendain family of Tequila Arette (NOM 1109, El Llano distillery) in the town of Tequila, Jalisco, with Eduardo Orendain Jr. as master distiller. It starts as Paladar's estate reposado: 100% Blue Weber agave grown seven years in the family's own fields, slow-cooked in brick ovens, fermented with a proprietary and wild yeast blend in open-air pine boxes and twice distilled in stainless pot stills with copper coils. After resting in oak, the reposado is finished in American oak barrels that previously held Tempranillo, Spain's great red wine grape, and bottled at 40% ABV in a 700mL bottle, each one hand-dipped in the volcanic soil of the agave fields. The label confirms it: Reposado Tequila finished in Tempranillo wine casks, NOM 1109. It is available to order online at Del Mesa Liquor.
- Proof / ABV: 80 proof (40% ABV)
- Size: 700mL
- Agave: 100% Blue Weber, 7 years, estate fields, Tequila, Jalisco
- Distillery: NOM 1109 (El Llano / Tequila Arette), master distiller Eduardo Orendain Jr.
- Finish: American oak barrels that previously held Tempranillo wine
- Origin: Jalisco, Mexico
A Rioja Finish on a Jalisco Reposado
Wine-cask finishes are rare in tequila because the wine has to lift the agave, not paint over it. The ex-Tempranillo American oak does exactly that here, laying soft red fruit and a whisper of tannin under the reposado's vanilla and caramel. Explore more reposado tequila and the full tequila collection at Del Mesa.
Tasting Notes
Cooked agave, vanilla and caramel on the nose with red fruit rising from the wine cask. The palate is elegant and gently dry — soft cherry and berry fruit, a hint of tannin structure, and the reposado's vanilla and caramel carrying through to a clean, lightly drying finish.
How to Enjoy
An unusual, elegant reposado built for sipping neat or over one large cube. It also rewards a spirit-forward Margarita where the wine fruit can show. Find more limited bottles among our spirits at Del Mesa Liquor.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is a Tempranillo cask finish?
The reposado is finished in American oak barrels that previously held Tempranillo, Spain's signature red wine grape, picking up red fruit, tannin and gentle dryness.
Where is Paladar made?
At NOM 1109 (El Llano, the Arette distillery) in Tequila, Jalisco, by the Orendain family, from estate-grown 7-year Blue Weber agave.
What proof and size is it?
80 proof (40% ABV) in a 700mL bottle.
Order Paladar Tempranillo Cask from Del Mesa Liquor in San Diego, CA, for a reposado unlike anything else on the shelf.