Fortaleza Blanco Tequila 750ml

Fortaleza Blanco is a Blanco Tequila from Destileria La Fortaleza in Tequila, Jalisco, Mexico. The core Blanco expression is bottled at 80 proof, additive-free, after resting briefly in stainless steel.

Fortaleza traces back to 1873 and the founder of the modern tequila industry, Don Cenobio Sauza. Today the distillery operates under his great-great-grandson Guillermo Erickson Sauza out of NOM 1493 in the town of Tequila, Jalisco, using the same traditional methods that defined tequila before industrialization: 100 percent estate Blue Weber agave grown on the family's hillside ranches, brick-oven slow cooking, tahona stone-wheel extraction, open-air wooden vat fermentation, and double distillation in small copper pot stills. The bottles themselves are hand-blown in Mexico.

On the nose, it shows citrus and cooked agave layered with butter, green olive, earth, black pepper, and deep vegetal complexity. The palate brings bright citrus, cooked agave, vanilla, basil, olive, and lime, and the finish carries a clean, herbal close.

The core 80-proof Blanco is widely regarded as one of the cleanest, most agave-forward Blancos in the category - a benchmark for what traditional Tequila Valley distillation produces without short-cuts. It drinks well neat or over a single large cube.

• Size: 750ml
• Proof: 80 (40% ABV)
• Origin: Tequila, Jalisco, Mexico
• Distillery: Destileria La Fortaleza (NOM 1493)