At PM Spirits, we're always on the lookout not just for superlative spirits, but also for
like-minded people. When we met Jose Luis Gutierrez, we knew right away he was
someone special.
Having spent years working both independently and for the Mexican Trade Commission throughout Europe – promoting and establishing reciprocity of the Tequila Denomination of Origin – Jose Luis later started working closely with producers in Jalisco in order to source and provide quality Tequila directly to European brands and bottlers.
We had been wanting to collaborate with someone on bottling a PM Spirits Project Tequila for quite some time. Jose Luis' passion for and knowledge of the spirit was apparent to us from day one, and we could think of no better person to have worked with to make this project happen. Thank you, Jose Luis.
DISTILLED AT NOM 1468 • GRUPO TEQUILERO MEXICO
BY JUAN ANTONIO GONZALEZ • SINGLE HORNO 2022
Average agave of age: 6 years
Average ripeness: 35 Brix
Length of penca: 2.5cm
Oven: brick
Cooking time: 40 hours
Extraction: roller mill
Yeast type: proprietary
Type of still: copper pot
Still size: 3500 liters
Number of distillations: 2
First Distillation: 8 hours
Second distillation:16 hours
Distillation proof: 40%
Resting: 15 days in bourbon casks
Each bottling is the product of one single oven, or horno. Distilled from 100% estate grown Blue Weber Agave and bottled at two strengths – 80 proof and 110 proof aka still strength. No additives, ever.
I really liked how this 80-proof blanco— the flagship tequila from new-school importer PM Spirits—landed on the darker end of the aroma spectrum in a good way, peppered with vegetal notes of dried oregano, black tea, and edamame. The rest of the journey was similarly agreeable: The temperament of the tequila felt uniform from start to finish— soft spoken but still palatable, with a medium body and sunbaked green agave flavor. Sip it, especially if you prefer a tequila that’s light-bodied with a consistently subtle sweetness and slightly dry finish.
— Emma Janzen, NY Times Wirecutter
Having spent years working both independently and for the Mexican Trade Commission throughout Europe – promoting and establishing reciprocity of the Tequila Denomination of Origin – Jose Luis later started working closely with producers in Jalisco in order to source and provide quality Tequila directly to European brands and bottlers.
We had been wanting to collaborate with someone on bottling a PM Spirits Project Tequila for quite some time. Jose Luis' passion for and knowledge of the spirit was apparent to us from day one, and we could think of no better person to have worked with to make this project happen. Thank you, Jose Luis.
DISTILLED AT NOM 1468 • GRUPO TEQUILERO MEXICO
BY JUAN ANTONIO GONZALEZ • SINGLE HORNO 2022
Average agave of age: 6 years
Average ripeness: 35 Brix
Length of penca: 2.5cm
Oven: brick
Cooking time: 40 hours
Extraction: roller mill
Yeast type: proprietary
Type of still: copper pot
Still size: 3500 liters
Number of distillations: 2
First Distillation: 8 hours
Second distillation:16 hours
Distillation proof: 40%
Resting: 15 days in bourbon casks
Each bottling is the product of one single oven, or horno. Distilled from 100% estate grown Blue Weber Agave and bottled at two strengths – 80 proof and 110 proof aka still strength. No additives, ever.
I really liked how this 80-proof blanco— the flagship tequila from new-school importer PM Spirits—landed on the darker end of the aroma spectrum in a good way, peppered with vegetal notes of dried oregano, black tea, and edamame. The rest of the journey was similarly agreeable: The temperament of the tequila felt uniform from start to finish— soft spoken but still palatable, with a medium body and sunbaked green agave flavor. Sip it, especially if you prefer a tequila that’s light-bodied with a consistently subtle sweetness and slightly dry finish.
— Emma Janzen, NY Times Wirecutter
