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Tequila reposado

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Tequila reposado

What it is

Tequila reposado is tequila aged in oak barrels for at least two months but less than a year.

What it tastes like

On the nose: butter, woody, cloves. Among its measured molecules: whisky lactone, 4-propylguaiacol, 4-allylsyringol, syringol, syringaldehyde.

What goes with it

150 more go with it. See them all in the full library →

Salt and acid

Salt

Salt not measured yet.

Acid

Acid not measured yet.

Unusual pairings

Pairs the library can cite that almost nobody makes.

Every one of its 15 compounds carries a paper the library can cite.

  • guaiacolaromaphenolreads as aromatic odor (PubChem)Measured in 15 of 338 ingredients.cite
    not detected at week 0; detected at fifteen sampling points from week 4 to week 32. Table 3's quantification of this compound shares a row with (trans)-3,7-dimethyl-2,6-octadien-1-ol and is therefore not cited hereMartín-del-Campo et al. 2019, Data in Brief (Table 1, Phenols block, row '2-methoxyphenol' (CAS 90-05-1))
  • vanillinaromaphenolreads as sweetish smell (PubChem)Measured in 12 of 338 ingredients.cite
    not detected at week 0; detected at every one of the sixteen sampling points from week 2 to week 32 of new-French-oak maturationMartín-del-Campo et al. 2019, Data in Brief (Table 1, Aldehydes block, row '4-hydroxy-3-methoxybenzaldehyde' (CAS 121-33-5))
  • eugenolaromaphenolreads as odor of cloves (PubChem)Measured in 19 of 338 ingredients.cite
    not detected at week 0; detected at all sixteen sampling points from week 2 to week 32Martín-del-Campo et al. 2019, Data in Brief (Table 1, Phenols block, row '2-methoxy-4-prop-2-enylphenol' (CAS 97-53-0))
  • phenylethyl alcoholaromaalcoholreads as sharp burning taste (PubChem)Measured in 41 of 338 ingredients.cite
    not detected at week 0; detected at all sixteen sampling points from week 2 to week 32Martín-del-Campo et al. 2019, Data in Brief (Table 1, Alcohols block, row '2-phenylethanol' (CAS 60-12-8))
  • syringolaromaphenolMeasured in 5 of 338 ingredients.cite
    not detected at week 0; first detected at week 22 and present at all six sampling points from there to week 32 — the latest-arriving oak phenol in the seriesMartín-del-Campo et al. 2019, Data in Brief (Table 1, Phenols block, row '2,6-Dimethoxyphenol' (CAS 91-10-1))
  • creosolaromaphenolMeasured in 7 of 338 ingredients.cite
    not detected at week 0; detected at all sixteen sampling points from week 2 to week 32Martín-del-Campo et al. 2019, Data in Brief (Table 1, Phenols block, row '2-methoxy-4-methylphenol' (CAS 93-51-6))
  • furfuryl alcoholaromaalcoholreads as bitter (PubChem)Measured in 16 of 338 ingredients.cite
    not detected at week 0; detected at eight sampling points from week 6 to week 32Martín-del-Campo et al. 2019, Data in Brief (Table 1, Furans block, row 'Furan-2-yl methanol' (CAS 98-00-0))
  • syringaldehydearomaphenolMeasured in 6 of 338 ingredients.cite
    not detected at week 0; first detected at week 6 and present at ten of the sampling points to week 32Martín-del-Campo et al. 2019, Data in Brief (Table 1, Aldehydes block, row '4-hydroxy-3,5-dimethoxybenzaldehyde' (CAS 134-96-3))
  • 2-acetylfuranaromafuranMeasured in 7 of 338 ingredients.cite
    not detected at week 0; detected at fourteen sampling points from week 4 to week 32Martín-del-Campo et al. 2019, Data in Brief (Table 1, Furans block, row '1-(2-furanyl) ethanone' (CAS 1192-62-7))
  • 4-propylguaiacolaromaphenolMeasured in 3 of 338 ingredients.cite
    not detected at week 0; detected at thirteen sampling points from week 6 to week 32Martín-del-Campo et al. 2019, Data in Brief (Table 1, Phenols block, row '2-methoxy-4-propylphenol' (CAS 2785-87-7))
  • 4-ethylguaiacolaromaphenolMeasured in 11 of 338 ingredients.cite
    not detected at week 0; detected at all sixteen sampling points from week 2 to week 32Martín-del-Campo et al. 2019, Data in Brief (Table 1, Phenols block, row '4-ethyl-2-methoxyphenol' (CAS 2785-89-9))
  • 4-allylsyringolaromaphenolMeasured in 3 of 338 ingredients.cite
    not detected at week 0; detected at fourteen sampling points from week 6 to week 32Martín-del-Campo et al. 2019, Data in Brief (Table 1, Phenols block, row '2,6-dimethoxy-4-prop-2-enylphenol' (CAS 6627-88-9))
  • 5-hydroxymethylfurfuralaromaalcoholreads as butter, caramel, musty (PubChem)Measured in 11 of 338 ingredients.cite
    not detected at week 0; detected at seven sampling points from week 6 to week 25Martín-del-Campo et al. 2019, Data in Brief (Table 1, Furans block, row '5-(hydroxymethyl)furan-2-carboxaldehyde' (CAS 67-47-0))
  • trans-β-iononearomaterpenoidreads as warm woody, dry, and fruity odor (PubChem)Measured in 19 of 338 ingredients.cite
    not detected at week 0; detected at fourteen sampling points from week 6 to week 32Martín-del-Campo et al. 2019, Data in Brief (Table 1, Ketones block, row '(E)-4-(2,6,6-trimethylcyclohex-2-en-1-yl)but-3-en-2-one' (CAS 127-41-3))
  • whisky lactonearomaMeasured in 1 of 338 ingredients.cite
    not detected at week 0; detected from week 14 to week 24 of new-French-oak maturationMartín-del-Campo et al. 2019, Data in Brief (Table 1, Lactones block, row '5-butyl-4-methyloxolan-2-one' (CAS 39212-23-2))

Sources

  • Martín-del-Campo et al. 2019, Data in Brief