G4 Blanco Tequila
G4 · El Pandillo Distillery (NOM 1579)
Felipe Camarena's G4 Blanco is a testament to traditional tahona and roller-mill production yielding a spirit of uncommon clarity and depth. This is terroir-driven tequila — you taste the highlands clay in every sip. Essential drinking for anyone serious about agave.
Nose
Intensely aromatic cooked agave — roasted and sweet — meets a burst of lime citrus and wet mineral earth. A thread of white pepper keeps it lively, while a faint floral violet note drifts in and out.
Palate
The texture is oily and substantial for a blanco. Sweet roasted agave dominates, but citrus and green herb — thyme, specifically — create a counterbalance that prevents any one-note sweetness. A grassiness appears at mid-palate, grounding everything in the field.
Finish
Clean and lingering, with cooked agave and a mineral earthiness that tastes like rain on stone. The pepper returns gently as a final punctuation.
- Agave
- 100% Blue Weber Agave from highlands Jalisco (Jesús María)
- Production
- Slow-cooked in traditional brick ovens (mampostería) for 36+ hours, tahona and roller mill extraction
- Region
- Jesús María, Jalisco, Mexico
- Cooking Method
- Slow-cooked in traditional brick ovens (mampostería) for 36+ hours, tahona and roller mill extraction
- Distillation
- Double distilled in copper pot stills
- NOM
- 1579
- Additives Free
- Yes
Cocktail Suggestion
Mineral Paloma — 2 oz G4 Blanco · 1 oz fresh grapefruit juice · 0.5 oz fresh lime juice · 0.5 oz agave nectar · 2 oz mineral water · Build in a highball over ice, stir gently, garnish with a grapefruit wedge and flaky salt rim.
Food Pairing
Ceviche with fresh snapper, lime, and serrano chili
Fourth-generation tequilero Felipe Camarena runs El Pandillo in the red-clay highlands of Jalisco, where his family's deep volcanic soil and slow-cooked brick-oven agave produce one of the most terroir-transparent blancos on the market.
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