Review: Tequila Herradura Reposado
Since 1870 Casa Herradura has been hand harvesting and estate bottling the finest tequila. The agave is estate grown and their estate is currently growing over 25 million agave at every stage of maturity. Tequila Herradura introduced the world to reposado in 1974. Before that your options were Mixto or 100% blue agave blanco tequila. Each estate grown agave is hand harvested and sliced in half before they are slow baked up to 26 hours in brick and stone ovens. Once the juice is extracted it undergoes a 100% natural open air fermentation. The spirit is double distilled, than aged 11 months in medium char American oak barrels. A tequila must be aged at least 60 days to be designated Reposado. As you can see Herradura goes far and away above that. Read more 