Fortaleza Blanco Still Strength
Fortaleza Blanco Still Strength is a blanco, 46% tequila from Fortaleza, distilled at Destilería La Fortaleza under NOM 1493, in the Tequila Valley. The Index scores it 87 out of 95, which it rates exceptional.
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No organic certificate on file for this bottling.
Perennial critics' favorite
Estate Blue Weber, Lowlands. Our methodology favours estate control and mature agave.
Our blind panel of five scored it 96 of 100 at the tasting table. That figure feeds this pillar; it is not the score above.
Tasting notes
Nose. Intense cooked agave, brine.
Palate. Citrus oil, pepper.
Finish. Long mineral finish.
The reference blanco bottled hot, straight from the stills. Concentrated, oily, and widely treated as one of the finest spirits in the category.