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Review · · by The Editors
La Venenosa Sierra del Tigre
Sierra del Tigre bruto – Jalisco's mountain raicilla, a different vector
Score: 4.0/5 agaves
- Producer: La Venenosa
- Region: Manzanilla de la Paz, Jalisco
- Agave: Bruto
- Price: $150 ($$)
Verdict
La Venenosa Sierra del Tigre is the necessary mountain counterweight to the Costa – the bruto agave and the altitude give the bottle a cool-green character that makes the geographic diversity of Jalisco raicilla explicit. Costa for your first bottle; Sierra del Tigre for your second. Consensus 4.0; we agree.
Sierra del Tigre raicilla is raicilla with altitude on it
Tasting notes
Nose: Mountain herb, then green resin, cooked fiber, a faint smoke
Palate: Drier and pinier than the costa line. Bruto in the Sierra del Tigre runs less tropical and more alpine; the still work is cleaner than the region's historical norm
Finish: Long, resinous, cool, mineral fade
The bottom line
Buy as your second Venenosa, Costa as your first
Where to buy online
We found this bottle at 3 US retailers. Prices and stock vary – click through to check.
- Total Wine
- Keg N Bottle – $169.99
- Old Town Tequila