{"product_id":"fortaleza-tequila-blanco-750ml","title":"Fortaleza Tequila Blanco 750mL","description":"\u003ch3\u003eINFO\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNOM: 1493\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAgave Source: Tequila Valley\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCooking Method: Stone\/brick oven\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCrushing Method: 100% stone crushed\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDistillation: Double Distilled\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePot Style: Copper pots\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eProof: 80 (40% abv)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFermentation: Open-air wood tanks\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSugars: 100% agave\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWater Source: Natural Spring (Tequila Valley)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBottles: Hand-blown in Mexico\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e80 Proof (ABV 40%)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan data-ccp-props='{\"201341983\":0,\"335559739\":160,\"335559740\":259}' class=\"EOP SCXW166694593\"\u003eTHE DISTILLERY\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLa Historia de Tequila Fortaleza\u003cbr\u003eDon Cenobio, 1860\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTequila Fortaleza launched in 2005, so we are relatively new to the market, but we have over 150 years of history behind our brand.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOur great-great-grandfather, Don Cenobio, founded his first distillery – La Perseverancia – in 1873, in the town of Tequila, Jalisco.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNot only was Don Cenobio The first person to export “mezcal de tequila” to the United States, shorten the name to just Tequila, and implement the use of steam to cook the agave (instead of an earthen pit), Cenobio also stated that the Blue Agave was the best agave to use for production.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHis son, Eladio, took over the family business in 1909 when Don Cenobio had passed away. During his time, Don Eladio brought the nectar of the gods to the world, under various names such as Mexican brandy, Mexican whiskey, tequila, and as an aperitif. During the Mexican Revolution, Eladio helped to establish tequila as the national drink of Mexico. He also founded the distillery, La Constancia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDon Eladio died in 1946, and left the family business to his son, Francisco Javier who brought about more changes to the industry and made our family’s tequila the most well-known brand in the world. The single most important thing that Don Javier did for the industry was to help establish the Denomination of Origin for Tequila.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDon Eladio, 1890\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhile on a business trip to Japan in the late 1960’s, Don Javier came across a bottle of Japanese Tequila. Angered by this, he stated that tequila can only be made in Mexico, specifically, in the area around Tequila. A group of tequila producers, led by Don Javier, filed an application for an appellation of origin in 1973, but it wasn’t\u003cbr\u003euntil 1996 when the world officially recognized the Denomination of Origin for Tequila.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDon Javier bought a piece of land in the town of Tequila so he could build a hacienda on the highest point of town, overlooking his rival’s distillery. On this land sat a small distillery, which Don Javier named La Fortaleza.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith a small brick oven, a tahona pit, a few wood fermentation vats, and 2 small copper pot stills, our family produced tequila here until 1968. Because the distillery was not “efficient enough”, and did not produce much tequila, we shut her down and converted her into a museum to show how tequila was made in the “old days”.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDon Javier sold the family business in 1976, but the family kept the land with their hacienda and distillery. In 1999, Don Javier’s grandson, Guillermo, began the process of getting the old distillery up and running again.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe son of Doña Sylvia, Guillermo grew up thinking that he was going to fly around the world in a jet plane with a mariachi band, promoting our family’s tequila.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHeartbroken when his grandfather sold the company, Guillermo still had a love and passion for Tequila – the spirit and the town.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDon Javier and Guillermo, 1968\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAfter several years of renovations and hard work, Don Guillermo got Destileria La Fortaleza up and running again, making tequila in the same way it was made over 100 years ago – with a small brick oven to cook the agave, a tahona to squeeze the juices out of the agave, wood tanks for fermentation, and the 2 original copper pots for distillation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOur goal is to make the best tequila that we can, and to this day, we have not changed a single thing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhile our family had always pushed the tequila industry forward, we are looking back. Using traditional and artisanal methods, our goal is to make the best tequila we can. By doing so we honor our great-great grandfather, great grandfather, and grandfather.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eViva Los Abuelos!! Viva Fortaleza!!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGracias y Salúd!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html\" data-block-type=\"2\" id=\"block-yui_3_17_2_1_1554964534442_70245\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sqs-block-content\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan data-ccp-props='{\"201341983\":0,\"335559739\":160,\"335559740\":259}' class=\"EOP SCXW166694593\"\u003eTASTING NOTES\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAromas of citrus, and rich cooked agave fill your nose in this unique and very special blanco tequila. Also present: butter, olive, earth, black pepper, and a deep inviting vegetal complexity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFlavors include citrus, cooked agave, vanilla, basil, olive, and lime. The finish is long and deep, complex yet easy to drink.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFortaleza Blanco is a true aficionado’s tequila.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSHIPPING \u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e*SHIPPING NOTICE- If possible, please use a business address for shipping. 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