AgaveTequila

Tequila Blanco

Tequila's most traditional form — no barrel required. The category that shows the pure plant. As tequila industrialized from the 1750s forward, Blanco remained the production baseline and the standard against which every other expression is measured.

Flavor Profile

Pure agave expression — bright, clean, vegetal, peppery, citrus peel. Highland expressions (Los Altos): sweeter, fruitier, tropical (banana, cooked pineapple), rounder. Lowland expressions (Tequila Valley): earthier, more mineral, vegetal, peppery, drier. Dominant nodes: Herbal-Green, Citrus-Bright. No barrel influence. Best showcases distillation quality.

Key Producers

Well

Espolon Blanco

$20-25

Olmeca Altos Plata

$22-28

Cimarrón

$20-25

Call

Fortaleza Blanco

$35-45

G4 Blanco

$35-45

Pasote Blanco

$30-40

Terralta

$30-40

Call

Tapatio Blanco 110

$35-50

NOM-006-SCFI-2012, DO (1974), CRT oversight. 100% Blue Weber agave (Agave tequilana Weber Azul). Jalisco + 4 neighboring states (Guanajuato, Michoacán, Nayarit, Tamaulipas). Unaged or rested fewer than 2 months in stainless steel or neutral vessels. Minimum 40% ABV for export. CRT NOM number assigned to every distillery.