Tequila ArteNOM Selección de 1146

ArteNOM Selección de 1146, Añejo

Made at Casa Tequileña under the direction of Enrique Fonseca, a master distiller who learned wood treatment and aging techniques from winemakers in France. That experience shows in the aging of this 1146 Añejo, which uses both red wine casks and American oak.

Style: rich, warm, and layered. Flavor: butterscotch, citrus, baking spices, vanilla, toffee, walnut, custard, orange zest, and dark chocolate. Production: double distillation, followed by a two-phase aging on both ex-Cabernet Franc wine casks and American oak. Character: a deeply aromatic añejo with the structure and finesse of a winemaker: Fonseca's combination of agave intensity and wood balance.

Data Master Distiller: Enrique Fonseca NOM: 1146 Altitude: 5,541′ / 1,689 m ABV: 41.3% Proof: 82.6 Brix: 26°-27°

Process

Agave halved and quartered (cogollo removed) and slowly steam-roasted in low-pressure ovens.

24 hours of roasting: incl. 4 hours of pre-roasting + 4 hours of cooling.

Juice extraction via a screw press.

Fermentation in stainless steel with Mendoza wine yeasts, providing a clean and structured fermentation.

Double distilled in copper pot stills to approximately 53% ABV, then reduced with reverse osmosis-purified water.

Aged in two phases:

±14 months in used Cabernet Franc casks from the Loire Valley (French oak, ex-red wine)

±14 months in toasted American white oak, previously used for Canadian whisky or Tennessee rye whiskey

Bottled at 41.3% ABV.