Destileria Santanera Kosher 'Original Batch' Tequila

• Blanco Tequila produced at Tres Mujeres in Amatitán, Jalisco (NOM 1466)
• Maestro Tequilero Sergio Cruz with Pablo Lara G. and Senior Distiller Manuel Rivera
• 100% Blue Weber agave (A. tequilana) matured 7 years
• Agave harvested from organic-certified single estate ‘El Llano Grande’
• Cooked in a traditional brick and volcanic stone steam oven
• Milled using a mechanical roller mill
• 11-day open-air spontaneous fermentation in stainless steel
• Distilled 2–3 times using stainless steel pot stills
• Blended and chill filtered before resting in glass for 196 days
• Delicate fresh herbs, citrus peel, faint raspberry, a kiss of caramel, sundried tomato, sweet parsnip, soft clay, rainwater, subtle saline, with a subtle charred note on the finish
• Only 1,166 bottles produced
• Jay Kosher and organic certified
• 42.5% ABV

When security cameras alerted the Santanera team to a deadly wildfire, blazing through the parcel dubbed “El Llano Grande,” a desperate race against time began to harvest the seven-year-old maguey before they hardened from the fire. Miraculously, the majority of the agave survived, and the group decided that this unique, scorched agave would be the centerpiece of their next annual Organic release: Batch “Ceniza” (meaning “ash”).