“Tabernas” are small scale raicilla distilleries who use artisan methods and their distillers are known as “taberneros”. La Venenosa Raicilla Tabernas is a raicilla at a price point that can be used for cocktails. Tabernas is made from cultivated agave Maximiliana in the village of La Vieja by Don Antonio Arrizon. The agave is roasted in an adobe clay oven fueled by black oak. It is then fermented in oak vats with natural yeast, then distilled once in a stainless steel alambic Arabic-Filipino hybrid still. The nose has citrus peals and herbs. The palate is dry with notes of cooked agave.
