Fuenteseca Cosecha 2019 Blanco
Fuenteseca · Tequilera Rustica de Arandas (NOM 1146)
Fuenteseca's vintage-dated blancos capture a specific agave harvest the way a single-vineyard wine captures a year. The 2019 cosecha shows the high-altitude Los Altos character at its best — bright, mineral-driven, with a clarity that reveals the water source and volcanic soil as much as the agave itself. A thinking person's blanco.
Nose
Bright cooked agave and citrus — primarily lime and grapefruit — with a minerally undertone. Beneath, there's an herbal freshness and faint white pepper warmth.
Palate
Silky entry of roasted agave and earth, with tropical fruit notes — pineapple and green pear — developing across the mid-palate. Mineral and soil characteristics give the tequila an almost terroir-driven quality.
Finish
Clean and persistent, with lingering agave sweetness, a flicker of pepper, and wet stone minerality.
- Agave
- 100% Blue Weber (estate-grown, Los Altos de Jalisco)
- Production
- Slow-roasted in stone ovens (72+ hours), tahona-crushed, naturally fermented, double copper pot distillation
- Region
- Los Altos, Jalisco, Mexico
- Cooking Method
- Slow-roasted in stone ovens (72+ hours), tahona-crushed, naturally fermented, double copper pot distillation
- Distillation
- Double distilled in copper pot stills
- NOM
- NOM 1146
- Additives Free
- Yes
Cocktail Suggestion
Highland Paloma — 2 oz Fuenteseca Blanco · 1 oz fresh grapefruit juice · 0.5 oz fresh lime juice · 0.25 oz agave nectar · 2 oz mineral water · Build over ice in a highball, stir gently, garnish with a grapefruit wedge and flaky salt rim.
Food Pairing
Grilled mahi-mahi tacos with mango-habanero salsa
Enrique Fonseca, one of Mexico's most respected agave growers and distillers, crafts Fuenteseca from estate-grown Blue Weber agave, slow-roasting in stone ovens and distilling with water drawn from a natural highland spring.
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