In May 2016, the CNI Brands team visited Mexico with one goal; create the best possible tequila for a Combier (French orange liqueur) margarita. After visiting several distilleries, blending many samples, and shaking (and tasting) about 80 margaritas, they created our portfolio's first custom tequila, specifically calibrated to not only be great for sips and shots, but perfect for the best margaritas calling for Combier.
Made from 100% Agave
, from the highlands of Jalisco
80% Blanco
(unaged) tequila.
The blanco is cooked in autoclaves and distilled in continuous column stills.
20% Reposado
(aged) tequila. The reposado is cooked in brick ovens, distilled in copper pot stills, and aged minimum 8 months in used American whiskey barrels.
Different than your typical blanco, reposado, or añejo, Libélula is a "joven" which means it is a blend. The blanco contains the pure flavors of the agave, with citrus and grassy aromas, but the oak aged reposado adds spice and richness.
Rather than using just a short aged reposado that has some spice but is very light because it loses some of the agave purity we opted to take perfect final products of blanco and reposado and balance them to make an incredible mixing tequila.
