The idea is simple: deliver the brand’s classic bottle to a master craftsman so that he can use it as he pleases and with complete freedom. All this with the aim of reflecting the history, tradition, inspiration and vision of the artist and brand. This is how the trilogy of this edition arose, presented last week in the space that Clase Azul has in Los Cabos, in San José del Cabo, specifically, a cozy gastronomic temple in which tequila strains as a pairing and without problem in its delicate and ambitious culinary proposal. Three bottles, each one with an elixir created exclusively for the occasion by the distiller Viridiana Tinoco, which represent the inspiration of the master Guerrero. That is, sacred art, architecture and the Baroque, all of them converge in three pieces that continue the Clase Azul tradition through majolica ceramics, an ancient firing and enameling technique that generates unique creations and that perfectly represents the Guerrero’s relationship with the creative process, a characteristic inherent to Clase Azul. “Each decanter tells a different story,” says Guerrero himself, who defines his ceramics as “the skin of tequila.”
“Cobalto”, the first decanter of this limited edition, is presented in white with blue tones applied using a paint dilution method that creates depth and contrast in the eye of the beholder. Its base, illustrated with a geometric pattern that plays with the illusion of perspective, highlights the brand’s emblem, located in the center and surrounded by a cobalt blue frame. “Canela”, the second piece in the collection, presents the two most representative colors of Jalisco pottery: brown and black that frame two delicate nickel silver handles on the neck. In “Garland,” the third piece, presented in white and cobalt blue, what stands out is its floral garland, achieved using a dilution technique that mimics the finish of watercolor painting.
In this second edition of Master of Artisans, of which 300 bottles (100 of each design) have been put on the market, we can find Viridiana Tinoco’s passion for aging. Like its extra aged tequila, the result of maturing for more than eight years following a journey that begins in whiskey barrels from the United States, to later rest in sherry barrels (either amontillado, oloroso or Pedro Ximénez) and finish in barrels of Generous wine from the Island of Madeira.