Held in high regard among Tequila aficionados, getting a bottle of this for anyone should be a special occasion. In a similar way to Scotch Whisky the terrain, area and soil all shape the character and taste of the tequila, as a result of how it affects the agave plant.

Cooked in a stone brick oven, then double distilled in copper pots and then fermented in open air wooden tanks. Although the brand its self is relatively young, Fortaleza is steeped in Tequila distilling expertise and history. Each tequila has its own "flavor fingerprint," and each person has his or her own flavor preferences. Most purchases from business sellers are protected by the Consumer Contract Regulations 2013 which give you the right to cancel the purchase within 14 days after the day you receive the item.Finance is provided by PayPal Credit (a trading name of PayPal UK Ltd, Whittaker House, Whittaker Avenue, Richmond-Upon-Thames, Surrey, United Kingdom, TW9 1EH). Since these providers may collect personal data like your IP address we allow you to block them here. Bottled in hand-blown bottles, Fortaleza is as close as you’re going to get to what Tequila tasted like 100 years ago.

Presented in a hand-blown Mexican glass bottle, it features a hand-made stopper shaped like agave pinas for a full experience from the moment you open it. 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. Download the app today - it's free - and let the Tequila Matchmaker figure out your own flavor preferences. Launched in 2005, Fortaleza Tequila is relatively new to the industry but has 140 years of history behind the brand, with the current owner's great-great-grandfather, Don Cenobio, founding his first distillery – La Perseverancia – in 1873.Guillermo Sauza, with a deep family background in tequila, reintroduced the long-abandoned traditions of his ancestors by establishing Fortaleza in 2005.

The piñas are then slowly steam-cooked for 36 hours, powered by the distillery’s 115-year-old vintage boiler.With a rich family history in tequila, Guillermo Sauza launched Fortaleza in 2005, bringing back the traditions of previous generations at the family distillery that had sat unused for too long. A cookie set by YouTube to measure bandwidth that determines whether the user gets the new or old player interface. 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.

After a 5-day fermentation process, the mosto is transferred to wooden vats, ready when the fermented must reaches around 5% ABV.Tequila Fortaleza is produced using traditional methods which create a tequila unequalled in taste and smoothness. This is a superb, perfectly aged añejo with deep, rich and complex notes -exceptionally satisfying and a treat in every sense. However, you can also accept or reject further cookies at any time or specify which of these cookies you would like to agree to. Their goal is to make the best Tequila they can, and to this day, we have not changed a single thing. These cookies help provide information on metrics the number of visitors, bounce rate, traffic source, etc.