Fortaleza Anejo Tequila, 70 cl

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The balance of wood and purity of agave and vegetal is such a treat it makes you want to giggle because it's what you thought an anejo should always have been. It is a very rich and complex tequila and those with a very good nose will be able to detect pineapple, peach, orange blossom and nutmeg. It takes around 4 hours to load the agave piñas by hand into the huge 15-ton capacity brick oven with its metre-thick walls. Destilería Fortaleza’s finest expression – a handcrafted añejo made with 100% stone crushed Blue Weber agave and aged for a minimum of 18 months in charred American white oak barrels, from the legendary tequila-making Sauza family. In 1999, Don Guillermo began the process of restoring his family’s old distillery, Destileria La Fortaleza, which was retired in 1968 in favor of more ‘efficient’ facilities.

NID cookie, set by Google, is used for advertising purposes; to limit the number of times the user sees an ad, to mute unwanted ads, and to measure the effectiveness of ads.Although the brand its self is relatively young, Fortaleza is steeped in Tequila distilling expertise and history. Little by little it became better known and bigger until it finally developed into a big empire and sold its products internationally.

O.C), as Mexican Law states that tequila can only be produced in the state of Jalisco and in limited municipalities in the states of Guanajuato, Michoacan, Nayarit and Tamaulipas. Once cooled, the sweet juice is extracted with a 2-ton tahona wheel (large round volcanic stone) that crushes the cooked agave under its weight. Some of the data that are collected include the number of visitors, their source, and the pages they visit anonymously.Fortaleza Anejo Tequila is made using traditional methods that have been passed down for generations, ensuring a taste that is true to its heritage. However, you can also accept or reject further cookies at any time or specify which of these cookies you would like to agree to. Fermentation of the agave juice takes 4 days and occurs in open-air wooden tanks, using both natural and a special yeast strain that has been in the family for generations.

Take your time when enjoying Fortaleza Tequila because they certainly put a lot of time and love into making it. Bottled in hand-blown bottles, Fortaleza is as close as you’re going to get to what Tequila tasted like 100 years ago. Notes of caramel, vanilla, butterscotch and cooked agave jump from the glass while the palate is oily and textured with yet more carmel, toffee and citrus oils. Fortaleza is distilled twice in two 100-year-old copper pot stills and the Añejo is rested in American oak barrels for 18 months. Since these providers may collect personal data like your IP address we allow you to block them here.

Its a little known fact but if you have ever wondered why there is currently no Extra Anejo expression from Fortaleza it is because they used it experimentally as a blend with the Anejo batch 42-a and 43-a. The agave notes in Fortaleza are bold enough to be able to withstand heavy oak aging, resulting in a tequila that is still able to balance vanilla, sweet spice, and tannins from the wood with cooked agave notes.