Fortaleza Still Strength Blanco
Fortaleza · Destilería La Fortaleza (Tequila Los Abuelos)
Fortaleza Still Strength takes an already excellent blanco and dials the volume to reveal what the agave has been saying all along. The additional proof isn't about heat — it's about clarity. Every element is sharper, more defined, more honest. A tequila that rewards attention.
Nose
Intensely aromatic cooked agave leads — sweet, vegetal, alive. Behind it sits roasted citrus peel, a touch of wet earth, and fresh-cut grass. A hint of mineral flint adds depth without heaviness.
Palate
The higher proof amplifies everything: the agave is sweeter and more assertive than the standard bottling, with layers of lime zest, white pepper, and a subtle olive brine. Mid-palate offers a fleeting herbal note — thyme and mint — before the agave reasserts itself.
Finish
Long and peppery, with cooked agave sweetness lingering alongside a clean mineral bite.
- Agave
- 100% Blue Weber Agave (estate-grown)
- Production
- Traditional tahona-crushed, open-air fermentation, copper pot distillation
- Region
- Tequila, Jalisco, Mexico
- Cooking Method
- Traditional tahona-crushed, open-air fermentation, copper pot distillation
- Distillation
- Double distilled in copper pot stills
- NOM
- NOM 1493
- Additives Free
- Yes
Cocktail Suggestion
Fortaleza Paloma — 2 oz Fortaleza Still Strength · 1 oz fresh grapefruit juice · 0.5 oz fresh lime juice · 0.5 oz agave nectar · 2 oz sparkling grapefruit soda · Build in a salt-rimmed Collins glass over ice, stir gently, garnish with a grapefruit wedge.
Food Pairing
Ceviche with mango and habanero
Produced by Guillermo Soto at the family-owned Destilería La Fortaleza in the town of Tequila, where agave is still crushed by a traditional tahona stone wheel and distilled in small copper pot stills, a process that has remained essentially unchanged across five generations.
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