Review: Tequila Komos Reposado Rosa
Tequila Komos Reposado Rosa is crafted from 100% Blue Weber agave grown in the Highland and Lowland regions. CEO and Founder Richard Betts a Master Sommelier partnered with Tequila Orendain de Jalisco in creating the Komos brand. The Orendain family is one of the four founding families of tequila. The Komos brand also includes Komos Anejo Cristalino, and Komos Extra Anejo. The agave is slow roasted in volcanic stone ovens. The extracted juice is fermented in stainless steel tanks with native yeasts. After a double distillation in pot stills, the spirits rests for 65 days is French oak red wine barrels that were once or twice filled with wine from Napa and Sonoma. The tequila is then aerated prior to filling the handmade vitrified porcelain bottles that are hand dipped into a reactive glaze that changes color when fired in the oven. These beautifully crafted bottles also protect the tequila from sunlight. It pours to a rose color. The nose leads with roasted agave and vanilla. Wet oak, earthy agave, Mexican chocolate, strawberry, and dark cherry follow. The sweet agave and vanilla entry is joined by blackberry and lime building to a strawberry, agave, and vanilla peak. It fades with vanilla and strawberry, finishing with saline, lime, cinnamon, vanilla, agave, and oak. I like the added dimension the red wine barrels provide, and barrel aged only 65 days leaves a good deal more agave flavor than most traditional reposado tequilas have.
Rosa Negroni
1.5 Oz. Komos Reposado Rosa
.75 Oz. Cocchi Rosa
.75 Oz. Aperol
Stir With Ice & Strain
Into a Double Rocks Glass
Garnish With an Oranage Twist
NOM: 1110
Region: Lowland & Highland
40% Alcohol
Score: 93
Award: Gold Medal