Desert Door Oak-Aged Texas Sotol

Desert Door Texas Sotol was born in the West Texas desert, where the founders first encountered the sotol plant, a spiky desert succulent once used by Indigenous residents for tools, food, and fermented drinks. "Sotol" refers both to the plant itself and the spirit made from it. Desert Door wild-harvests all of its sotol on ranches across Texas, never farming or cultivating, which ensures a more sustainable practice than monocropping while conserving valuable resources, such as land and water. Desert Door Oak-Aged Texas Sotol is created by aging the Original Texas Sotol in virgin white oak barrels for about one year. On the nose, it resembles a young whiskey with notes of vanilla, cedar, and caramel. The palate reveals more vanilla alongside dried cherries and oak, while the finish brings caramel and a creamy smoothness reminiscent of vanilla custard, with a subtle touch of eucalyptus. Best enjoyed neat or over ice, it also makes an excellent Old Fashioned and substitutes well for brown spirits in most cocktails. It is bottled at 100 proof, 50% alcohol by volume (ABV).