Tequila Reserva Anejo, 18 Year

• Blended extra añejo tequila produced in Tequila, Jalisco, Mexico, by Tequileña (NOM 1146)
• Maestro Destilador Enrique Fonseca
• Distilled in 2003
• 100% Azul aka Blue Weber (Agave tequilana) matured 5–6 years, grown at elevations over 4,600 feet in Atotonilco El Alto, Jalisco
• Cooked 24 hours in a low-pressure autoclave with a 6-hour pre-cook and a 6-hour rest
• Crushed using a screw mill and roller mill
• Fermented in stainless steel tanks using deep well water and proprietary yeast
• Blend of copper pot- and copper column-distilled tequilas
• Aged 18 years; aged 6 years in ex–Canadian rye whisky casks; re-barreled and aged 12 years in a combination of Canadian white oak casks and European oak barrels previously used to age California red wine
• Additive free
• 44% ABV

Fuenteseca 18 Year is composed of 75% tequila distilled in a copper two-column still and 25% double copper pot-distilled tequila, each aged for six years in ex–Canadian rye whiskey casks in Atotonilco El Alto. The tequila was then blended and re-barreled, with 54% of the blend entering ex–California red wine barrels made of European oak and 47% going into Canadian White oak. The barrels were relocated to the cooler climate of El Chapingo for an additional twelve years of aging before bottling.