El Tequileno Reposado Tequila

El Tequileño is the tequila the town of Tequila actually drinks — the Salles family's house pour since 1959, made at La Guarreña, NOM 1108, from highland agave and volcanic valley water. Don Jorge Salles Cuervo founded the distillery beneath the Volcán de Tequila, and his grandson Antonio Salles runs it today; the brand was a Jalisco secret until it crossed the border, and the Batanga — tequila, Coke, lime, and salt, stirred with a knife at La Capilla bar — was invented with it. The Reposado is 100% blue Weber agave from the Los Altos highlands, slow-cooked in brick ovens, fermented with the house's spring water from the volcano, double-distilled, rested in American oak for the reposado term, and bottled at 40% ABV, additive-free. Expect a nose of cooked agave, vanilla, and citrus with a light oak spice, opening into a soft, balanced palate of agave, honey, and baking spice with a clean, warm finish — the barrel a seasoning, the agave the point. Honest note: this is the enthusiast's value reposado — the one bartenders and tequila writers reach for when they want a Batanga made the way it was invented — and the Salles family's Platinum and Reposado Rare up the shelf are where it gets serious. For a Batanga, a Paloma, or neat. The tequila of Tequila, rested.

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