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Fortaleza Añejo
Tequila

Fortaleza Añejo

Tequila Los Abuelos (NOM 1493)

Fortaleza Añejo is what happens when traditional methods meet patient barrel aging — and neither rushes the other. The tahona wheel produces a spirit with more texture and mineral complexity than a modern roller mill, and eighteen months in oak adds caramel depth without burying the agave.

$7080 (40% ABV) proof
Maestro Dobel Diamante
Tequila

Maestro Dobel Diamante

Proximo Spirits / Beckmann Family

Maestro Dobel Diamante didn’t just create a tequila—it created a category.

~$5780 (40% ABV) proof
Espolòn Reposado
Tequila

Espolòn Reposado

Campari Group

Espolòn is proof that applied heat, carefully controlled, separates good tequila from great tequila. Cirilo Oropeza's decision to quarter the piñas — doubling the surface area exposed to the autoclave's heat — extracts more sweetness and complexity from the agave than conventional methods.

$2580 (40% ABV) proof
Don Fulano Anejo
Tequila

Don Fulano Anejo

Tequila Fonseca

Don Fulano Anejo is highland tequila at its most refined.

$6080 (40% ABV) proof
Gran Centenario Añejo
Tequila

Gran Centenario Añejo

Casa Cuervo (Beckmann Family / Proximo Spirits)

Gran Centenario Añejo is a lesson in how thoughtful cask architecture transforms agave into something approaching luxury. The selección suave process — a solera-inspired blending method using French limousin oak and American white oak — creates a layered complexity that belies its approachable price point. The highland agave provides a clean, sweet foundation; the French oak adds refinement and tannic structure; the American oak contributes vanilla warmth. The result is a tequila with the kind of deliberate design you typically find at two or three times the price.

$3580 (40% ABV) proof
Herradura Añejo
Tequila

Herradura Añejo

Brown-Forman Corporation

Herradura Añejo is tequila heritage in a glass. Casa Herradura has been making tequila at the Hacienda San José del Refugio since 1870, and this añejo — aged 25 months, well beyond the 12-month minimum — shows the patience that comes with long experience.

$5580 (40% ABV) proof
Casa Dragones Joven
Tequila

Casa Dragones Joven

Casa Dragones

Casa Dragones Joven is among the purest expressions of tequila-as-blend on the market. Silver for freshness, extra añejo for depth.

$7580 (40% ABV) proof
Patrón Añejo
Tequila

Patrón Añejo

Patrón Spirits International (Bacardi Limited)

Patrón Añejo is proof that popularity and quality are not mutually exclusive. In an era of marketing-driven premium spirits, Patrón remains rooted in Francisco Alcaraz's original vision: 100% blue agave, proper resting time, and honest craftsmanship. The Añejo is the expression that rewards patient sipping.

$5080 (40% ABV) proof
Código 1530 Rosa
Tequila

Código 1530 Rosa

Código 1530

$5580 (40% ABV) proof
Casa Noble Anejo
Tequila

Casa Noble Anejo

Constellation Brands

$9080 (40% ABV) proof
Herradura Reposado
Tequila

Herradura Reposado

Brown-Forman (Casa Herradura, est. 1870)

Herradura didn't just make this Reposado — it invented the category (1974).

$3580 (40% ABV) proof
Fortaleza Reposado
Tequila

Fortaleza Reposado

Destilería La Fortaleza (Guillermo Erickson Sauza)

Fortaleza is tequila made the way it was meant to be made. While most modern producers use autoclaves and diffusers for speed and efficiency, Guillermo Sauza — great-great-grandson of Don Cenobio Sauza, the “Father of Tequila” — insists on the tahona, the brick oven, and the wooden fermentation tanks. The volcanic spring water that feeds the distillery carries minerals from deep within the stratovolcano, and you can taste the terroir in every sip. The reposado rests just long enough to gain warmth and vanilla from the barrel without losing the agave’s voice.

$6580 (40% ABV) proof
G4 Reposado
Tequila

G4 Reposado

El Pandillo (Felipe Camarena)

G4 is what happens when a family’s fourth generation refuses to cut corners. Felipe Camarena’s dedication to stone ovens, natural fermentation, and unhurried aging produces a reposado where the agave stays front and center. The six months in bourbon barrels add warmth and spice without covering up the plant. This is a tequila for people who want to taste where it came from — the stone oven method preserves complex agave sugars that modern autoclaves simply can’t replicate.

$5080 (40% ABV) proof