Tequila Tapatío is a cult favorite in Mexico.

• Made by La Alteña distillery, founded by Don Felipe Camarena Hernández in 1937

• From 100% blue weber agave grown in the highlands of Jalisco

• Slowly baked for 4 days, then crushed to extract the Mosto. Fermented by an 80-year old yeast culture, double-distilled in Tequilano Pot Stills, aged 6 months in stainless steel.

• Limited production

What to expect? A classic highlands Tequila with a full flavor of cooked agave, fresh citrus and a finish that stays with you, in a delightful way.

From Arandas (elev. 5,400′), Feliciano Vivanco has been cultivating highland agave since Mexico’s tumultuous post-revolutionary period of 1919-1929. The family now holds 2,000 acres of estate-grown agave producing a rich, well-balanced spirit.

93 POINTS GOLD MEDAL “EXCEPTIONAL” BTI 2013

“I smell some cooked agave along with vanilla and caramel. The nose is light but there’s a lot going on in this glass. The flavors aren’t turned down. I taste sweet cooked agave along with creamy caramel, pepper and white oak. The finish is very nice. The flavors linger on the back of my palate. It’s a pleasant sipper.” — Austin Tequila Connoisseurs, April 8th, 2020

Tasting Notes
Color: very pale straw
Nose: vegetal chapparal, roasted sweet potato
Palate: salted vanilla cookie, allspice, mild chile heat

Data
Master Distiller: Sergio Cruz
NOM: 1414
Altitude: 6,709′ / 2,045 m
Proof:82.4
ABV: 41.2%
Brix: 27° – 28° from Tequilana Weber Agave grown at 5,400’ in municipio of Arandas, Jaliscov

Process

• Halved & quartered (cogollo‐removed) agave steam‐roasted without pressure in brick kiln ovens

  1. 36hr roast including 6hr pre‐roast to melt‐off bitters and 6hr cool‐down

  2. Juice extraction with gear‐spindle crusher

  3. Fermented in stainless steel vats using indigenous yeast strains with field presence of lime, orange & pomelo citrus pollens

  4. Double‐distilled in copper‐pot stills to approx. 56% ABV and reduced with reverse‐osmosis demineralized water

  5. Four month aging in third‐fill American White Oak formerly used for Bourbon Whiskey, bottled at 41.2% ABV

Cimarrón Tequila from Atotonilco, Jalisco is distilled from agave hillside agave grown at 4,620′ elevation, where plant sugars reach an average of 24-26° Brix. A low-pressure, slow agave roast creates Cimarrón’s bright, forward flavor, and fermentation is entirely natural using winemakers’ yeast.

Certified additive free and diffuser free. Made the traditional way!

Aged 11 months in used Bourbon barrels. Produced with a tighter cut of the heads and tails in distillation which focuses the flavors on the agave and creates an easy-going mouthfeel. Fermented in original cement vats lending minerality to the profile. Addtive and diffuser free. Made the traditional way.

100% agave made the traditional way without diffusers and additives. Great body and flavor. Arette tequila has the aromas of herbs and citrus that characterize lowlands tequila.

Nom 1109

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Pineapple is the literal translation for the Spanish pina. Amongst the jimadors and tequileras, pina also refers to the heart of the agave plant. For Agave Head Spirits, pina represents even more; it is the pineapple, the heart of the agave and the heart of our vision. Our Pina Loca is made with fresh pineapple baked into a pineapple honey and then carefully blended with blue agave blanco tequila. Available in 750 ml.