Fuenteseca Reserva Extra Añejo 6 Year
Fuenteseca · Tequilera del Salto de Juanacatlán
Enrique Fonseca's Fuenteseca line represents tequila aged far beyond the norm, and the six-year expression demonstrates why patience in wood can work if the starting spirit is extraordinary. The agave character refuses to disappear under the oak. This is a contemplative tequila — one that asks to be sipped alongside a fine whisky, not mixed.
Nose
Cooked agave and dark chocolate open with authority, followed by toasted oak, butterscotch, and dried tropical fruit. A delicate thread of leather emerges underneath.
Palate
Rich and layered, with caramel, vanilla, and cinnamon building through the mid-palate. The agave remains present despite six years of barrel aging, providing a vegetal anchor to the oak-driven sweetness. Hints of coffee and pepper appear late.
Finish
Exceptionally long, with oak tannins, leather, and a final echo of cooked agave.
- Agave
- 100% Blue Weber Agave (Highland estate-grown)
- Production
- Slow-roasted in brick ovens, tahona-crushed, naturally fermented, copper pot distilled
- Region
- Jalisco, Mexico
- Cooking Method
- Slow-roasted in brick ovens, tahona-crushed, naturally fermented, copper pot distilled
- Distillation
- Double distilled in copper pot stills
- NOM
- NOM 1146
- Additives Free
- Yes
Food Pairing
The dark chocolate, coffee, and spice in the tequila mirror the complex layers of traditional Oaxacan mole, while the rich, braised meat matches the spirit's full-bodied weight.
Produced by master distiller Enrique Fonseca at his highland distillery using estate-grown agave and aged in a combination of French and American oak barrels for six years at high altitude in Atotonilco el Alto.
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