Agavista > Fortaleza Blanco, 70cl 40 %

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Color, aromas and taste.

Colour

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Aromas

Citrus
Cooked Agave
Butter
White Pepper
Anise
Apricot
Raw Agave
Wet metall

Taste

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Peppery
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Long finish

Food pairings

Fish
Chicken
Seafood

Aromas of citrus, and rich cooked agave fill your nose in this unique and very special Tequila Blanco. Also present: butter, olive, earth, black pepper, and a deep inviting vegetal complexity. Flavors include citrus, cooked agave, vanilla, basil, olive, and lime. The finish is long and deep, complex yet easy to drink. Sweet Salty Peppry Cookt Agave Apricot Alcohol

cocktail Cold fish dishes or any fresh, citrusy food.

Cocktails and recipes

Fortaleza Refashioned

Add ingredients to a mixing glass with ice and stir until cold. Pour i...

Brand and creators

The brand of Tequila Fortaleza

Guillermo Ericksoon Sauza , the owner

Two generations, Guillermo and William Sauza

Launched in 2005, Tequila Fortaleza is a relatively new brand for the market, but they have over 140 years of history behind the brand. Produced & bottled on the family's own estate in Tequila, Jalisco, Mexico using traditional processes started by Guillermo's "Tatarabuelo" Don Cenobio back in 1873. Don Cenobio was the first person to export "mezcal de tequila" to the United States with the name of "Tequila", implemented the use of steam to cook the agave instead of a pit (as mezcal is produced nowadays) and stated that Blue Agave Tequilana Webber is the best for Tequila production. As the family business passed over from father to son, many contributions to the industry were made over the years, one of the greatest contributions was helping to establish "Appellation d'origine contrôlée". In 1976 the business was sold, but the family kept the land with the Hacienda and the distillery, and in 1999 Don Guillermo began the process of getting the old small distillery working again. After several years of rennovation and hard work, Don Guillermo got the old distillery up and running, making Tequila the same way his ancestors did 100 years before – with a small brick oven to cook the agave, a tahona to squeeze the juices, wood tanks for fermentation, and the original copper pots for double distillation.

Production details

The Agaves come from the heartland of Tequila Valley in Jalisco, after growing for at least 8 years they are harvested by a specially trained "jimador".

FIELD LOCATION

Tequila, Jalisco
SINGLE ESTATE RAW MATERIAL
Cultivated

Wild

The Fortaleza distillery is situated on the family property in Tequila town. Because of its heritage, story and extremely limited production, Tequila Fortaleza has become one of the world’s most sought after and hard to get tequilas.

DISTILLERY LOCATION

TequilaJalisco
NOM

1493
THE BRAND OWNER OWNS/ CONTROLS THE DISTILLERY

Fortaleza cultivated agaves

The brick oven in La Fortaleza Distillery

La Fortaleza Distillery

La Fortaleza fields and distillery

The Fortaleza colorful fields

The agave at the oven

The agaves arriving at the Distillery

The milling with the big tahona

The fermentation barrels

Washing the fiber of the agave

The copper still for the distillation

The glass production bottles

The handmade of the bottle tops

Manufacturing and aging

The Agaves are steam cooked for 36 hours in brick ovens, then macerated by a Tahona which helps extract all the juices, after this, the "bagazo"

is fermented in an open air space inside wooden bassins, double distillation occurs in copper pot stills which is the final step into creating Tequila Fortaleza Blanco.