Siembra Azul Reposado
Siembra Azul · Vivanco family distillery
A quietly excellent reposado that proves restraint and traditional methods still deliver the most honest expression of Jalisco agave — an ideal sipping tequila that never overreaches.
Nose
Cooked agave leads with brown sugar sweetness, followed by soft vanilla, dried orange peel, and a whisper of white pepper. Faint notes of buttered pastry and damp earth linger underneath.
Palate
Silky and medium-bodied, opening with roasted agave and honeyed caramel. Mid-palate brings baked apple, cinnamon stick, and toasted oak, balanced by a bright citrus lift and gentle mineral undertone.
Finish
Medium-long and warming, with lingering vanilla, cracked pepper, and a return of cooked agave sweetness that fades into subtle herbal grass.
- Agave
- 100% Blue Weber Agave (Agave tequilana Weber), mature plants sourced from the lowlands around El Arenal, Jalisco
- Production
- Slow-cooked in traditional brick ovens (mamposteria), crushed using a combination of tahona and roller mill, open-air fermentation with native yeasts, double-distilled in copper pot stills, then rested approximately six months in ex-bourbon American oak barrels.
- Region
- El Arenal, Jalisco, Mexico
- Cooking Method
- Slow-cooked in traditional brick ovens (mamposteria), crushed using a combination of tahona and roller mill, open-air fermentation with native yeasts, double-distilled in copper pot stills, then rested approximately six months in ex-bourbon American oak barrels.
- NOM
- NOM 1416
- Additives Free
- Yes
Cocktail Suggestion
The Bat's Path — 2 oz Siembra Azul Reposado, 0.75 oz fresh lime juice, 0.5 oz agave nectar (lightly diluted 2:1 with water), 0.25 oz mezcal (for aromatic lift), 2 dashes orange bitters. Shake with ice, strain over a large cube in a rocks glass, garnish with a grapefruit twist expressed over the surface.
Food Pairing
Grilled achiote-marinated pork with charred pineapple salsa, or aged Manchego with quince paste.
Founded by Philadelphia restaurateur and agave activist David Suro-Piñera, Siembra Azul channels proceeds toward the Tequila Interchange Project — a nonprofit dedicated to preserving sustainable agave farming and the bat pollinators that keep the plant genetically resilient.
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