In a class that’s teeming with movie star tequilas, the shock right here isn’t that Matthew McConaughey simply launched a tequila — it’s that it took him this lengthy to take action. Additionally, the shock is that the tequila is known as Pantalones, which is Spanish for pants.
Pantalones Natural Tequila was cofounded by Matthew and Camila McConaughey. They name it an “agave-forward tequila that’s clean, flavorful, and nice for sipping, taking pictures or mixing up in your favourite Fancy Pants cocktail.”
A fast search reveals that the tequila is made at NOM 1614, the identical distillery that additionally makes the Tres Agaves model.
The Pantalones Tequila portfolio consists of Blanco, Reposado and Añejo expressions. Every is distilled from 100% natural blue weber agave. The Blanco is claimed to comprise cooked agave sweetness alongside notes of honey and citrus. The Reposado is aged for 9 months in oak barrels that previously held American whiskey, and it reveals vanilla, candy fruit, and recent oak. The Añejo was aged for 15 months in American oak, and it has notes of vanilla, candy butterscotch, brown sugar, and maple.
This isn’t Matthew McConaughey’s first brush with spirits. He previously served as inventive director for Wild Turkey Longbranch, an eight-year-old bourbon that’s filtered by way of charcoal constructed from Texas mesquite wooden.
“The world doesn’t want one other movie star tequila, however tequila certain may use a kick within the pants,” mentioned Matthew and Camila McConaughey in an announcement. “Pantalones Natural Tequila is one of the best factor we’ve made with our pants on.”
The web site notes that, whereas pantalones is most undoubtedly Spanish for pants, it’s additionally Spanish slang for guts. It continues: “Pantalones Tequila is all about having the center to make that subsequent transfer, to have enjoyable and never take issues too severely. All of us put our pants on one leg at a time, and identical to pants our tequila is for everybody.”
