2018 Clase Azul Pink Limited Edition Joven Tequila 1Lt

2018 Clase Azul Pink Edition is the breast cancer awareness Pink Bottle release in the Clase Azul Tequila lineup. Limited to 3,000 hand-numbered ceramic decanters worldwide, the 2018 Pink Edition is the brand's flagship Reposado expression - rested 8 months in used American oak whiskey casks at 80 proof / 40% ABV with a 100% organic Highland Blue Weber agave mash - finished in a hand-painted pink ceramic Clase Azul Pink Bottle decanter. The 2018 edition was the first year of the official formal donation program to Grupo de Recuperacion Total Reto - a Mexican nonprofit supporting women diagnosed with breast cancer.

Clase Azul Tequila is produced at Productos Finos de Agave (NOM 1416) in Jesus Maria, Los Altos de Jalisco - the Highland tequila region. Founded by Arturo Lomeli in 1997, Clase Azul is one of the most recognizable artisan tequila brands in the world, known as much for what's inside the bottle as for the bottle itself: each iconic hand-painted ceramic Clase Azul decanter is shaped, fired, and painted by hand by more than 100 artisans in the village of Santa Maria Canchesda, Mexico.

The Clase Azul Pink Edition is the brand's annual breast cancer awareness release - an artisan ceramic Clase Azul Pink Bottle produced each year to raise awareness and funds for the fight against breast cancer. Starting with the 2018 edition, a portion of the proceeds from every bottle sold has been donated to Grupo de Recuperacion Total Reto, a Mexican nonprofit supporting women diagnosed with breast cancer. The Pink Bottle decanter wears a hand-painted pink finish with a pink ribbon - the global symbol of breast cancer solidarity.

The 2018 ceramic decanter is hand-painted in pink ribbon imagery against a white ceramic base, with the pink ribbon - the global symbol of the fight against breast cancer - prominently featured.

On the nose, it shows cooked agave layered with vanilla, light caramel, and warm baking spice. The palate brings smooth, creamy agave, soft oak, and gentle spice, and the finish carries a long, balanced close.

It drinks well neat or over a single large cube.

• Size: 1L
• Proof: 80 (40% ABV)
• Category: Reposado
• Age: 8 Months in used American oak whiskey casks
• Production: 3,000 hand-numbered bottles worldwide
• Decanter: Hand-painted pink ribbon imagery on white ceramic Clase Azul Pink Bottle base with matching pink sipping cups
• Charity: Per-bottle donation to Grupo de Recuperacion Total Reto (Mexican breast cancer nonprofit) - first year of the formal donation program
• Origin: Jesus Maria, Los Altos de Jalisco, Mexico
• Distillery: Productos Finos de Agave (NOM 1416)