The agave for a Calle 23 is slowly cooked in the steel autoclave for 7 hours, after which the temperature is turned down for the next 3 hours to ensure that the heart of the agave is cooked without burning the outside of the plant. Fermentation for Calle 23 uses steel tanks and different yeasts for each type of tequila. One type of yeast for blanco and another for reposado. Calle 23 works purposefully with varied yeast types and aging times to give each tequila type its own distinct profile.
The Blanco is thus created with two different types of yeast to crystallize the delicate agave flavor.
The reposado has a yeast variety in common with the blanco and the anejo and a yeast variety that is selected specifically for the reposado to emphasize the slightly spicy taste that belongs to a reposado.
In any Anejo, aging in wood is a large part of the flavor profiles imparted to the tequila. Here it is important to retain the most prominent flavor nuances, which are repeated in both the reposado and the blanco, so that you can recognize the tequila.
CALLE 23 BLANCO 100% TASTE Crystal clear, with a taste of cooked agave and with notes of citrus and herbs. On the tongue it is soft and gentle, yet it has a lot of character. The overall taste experience will be a compact agave flavor, with hints of fruit, especially Granny Smith apples and pears, and with a lingering long aftertaste.