Fortaleza Los Abuelos Anejo Tequila 750ml

Fortaleza Los Abuelos Anejo is an Anejo Tequila from Destileria La Fortaleza in Tequila, Jalisco, Mexico. This Mexico-market expression carries the family's original Los Abuelos labeling, is rested in American oak barrels, and bottled at 80 proof, additive-free.

In Mexico the distillery's tequila is bottled under the Los Abuelos label - "the grandfathers" - the family's original brand name honoring Don Cenobio Sauza and the four generations that followed. Because the Los Abuelos trademark was already held by a separate rum brand in the United States, the family's US and international allocations are sold as Fortaleza ("fortitude"). Every other detail of production is the same as the export bottling: 100 percent estate Blue Weber agave from the Sauza 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 at NOM 1493 in the town of Tequila. The hand-blown bottle is made in Mexico.

Fortaleza releases this expression in numbered lots rather than as a single fixed-recipe SKU. Aging time, exact proof, and tasting profile vary lot to lot - some lots run longer in oak, some shorter, and each carries its own subtle expression of the season and barrel selection. The lot number is printed on every bottle. Expect the Sauza house style throughout the range: cooked agave at the core, with American oak adding caramel, vanilla, and baking spice; the lighter lots stay closer to the Blanco, while the longer-rested lots show deeper dried fruit and tannin.

It drinks well neat or over a single large cube.

• Size: 750ml
• Proof: 80 (40% ABV)
• Age: Varies by lot (rested in American oak)
• Origin: Tequila, Jalisco, Mexico
• Distillery: Destileria La Fortaleza (NOM 1493)