Fortaleza Still Strength Blanco Tequila Retailer:522 His wife plants new Agaves

His wife plants new Agaves and a gaggle of uncles keeps an eye on the distillation process

Don’t be fooled by its light straw-color

but be sure this classic Borubon can perfectly stand on its own

It’s made from 100% locally grown sugarcane molasses and distilled in a copper-pot still — a far cry from the massive steel monstrosities used by the industrial-scale producers

The two most prestigious crus join forces

Fortaleza Still Strength Blanco Tequila Retailer:522 His wife plants new AgavesA rare and pure Blanco almost straight from the still. Technically, Fortaleza Tequila launched in 2005. Really, they have been making tequila for five generations and the story of that technically comment could fill an entire website. Suffice it to say that Don Cenobio founded his first distillery in 1873, passing it on to generation after generation, then some of the land was sold, then bought back, and renamed Tequila Los Abuelos. But a Rum had that