Tres Cuatro y Cinco - 3,4 y 5 Tequila Extra Anejo, Jalisco, Mexico

You've got hundreds of acres of fine agave, what do you do? Fine Tequila, duuh.

Enrique Fonseca wasn’t always a Tequila maker. At first, he and his father were growing the finest agave for the two biggest Tequila producers in Mexico since the 1980s. But when the contracts expired (and the producers refused to renew them), Fonseca was left with hundreds of acres of agave. Sure, he could make Tequila, but Fonseca didn’t know how to make Tequila and also, he didn’t have a distillery. First thing, he bought La Tequileña distillery that had both alembic and column stills. Other Tequileros only had alembic stills. But he still had no idea how to use them. So, Fonseca went to the best in the game when it comes to column stills; he went to the Scots. With his new found knowledge to work those stills, he created an entirely new class of Tequila.

Fonseca blends Tequila from both alembic and column stills and he’s into ageing for longer periods of time, which makes his concoctions rich yet graced and bold yet delicate. Good thing those Tequila producers didn’t extend his contracts!

Tres Quatro Cinco Extra Añejo Tequila is a blend of 30% 3-year-old, 40% 4-year-old, and 30% 5-year-old Extra Añejo Tequilas. Aged in French oak, this stuff belongs in the highest class of super premium Tequilas from the Highlands region of Jalisco. The limited-edition crystal decanter was designed and signed by the Mexican artist Alonso Gonzalez Jr.