Azteca Azul Reposado Tequila

About

In keeping with a name as bold as its taste, Azteca Azul is produced by one of the finest tequila makers in the world, Tequila Supremo, aka Gran Dinastía (fka Casa Camarena). The Tequila Supremo fabrica is owned and operated by the revered Camarena family, in the iconic distilling town of Arandas, Jalisco. Founded by Augustin Camarena in 1938, the Camarena family – today led by the family matriarch, Doña Elena – has built Gran Dinastía into one of the largest and most successful producers of tequila in Mexico.

The tequila is made from 100% Blue Weber agave grown in the Los Altos region of Jalisco; this highland plateau, around 7,000 above sea level, is widely regarded as one of the top agave producing environments in Mexico by virtue of its iron- and clay-rich red soil, hot days of sun exposure and cooling breezy nights. Production is vertically integrated, as the Camarena family owns 18 fields of agave. The agave is cooked and cooled in traditional brick furnaces and fermented in wooden vats and distilled twice in traditional copper pot stills.

Rare among Jalisco distillers, the Camarena family have also prioritized sustainability. Tequila Supremo has developed and patented a process known as Zero D, which ensures that the distillery emits no waste charges, as well as irrigation techniques to combat erosion – a common thread in agave cultivation. Tequila Supremo was the first tequila producer to be recognized as 100% “environmentally friendly,” with net zero carbon impact from production.

Azteca Azul Reposado Tequila is minimally aged for just 3 months in small, 200-liter American oak barrels. The honey, tropical fruit and sweet green herbs distinctive in their Plata tequila is complimented here by subtle notes of cinnamon, candied nuts and vanilla. Subtle aromas of smoke, vanilla, honey, sweet caramel, almond, chocolate and citrus.