The Best Blanco Tequilas

Tequila Corazón is distilled twice before being infused with oxygen and bottled. Corazón believes this process helps to lift the delicate aromas and flavors from the 6-8 year old agave plants that have been estate-grown and harvested in the Los Altos region of Mexico since 1886.

1 2 3 (to be pronounced “Uno, Dos, Tres”) is a tequila brand that was founded by David Ravandi. It is certified organic by both the USDA and the EU. The unaged “Uno” uses 100% blue agave sourced from the Tequila Valley (Lowlands). The bottles are made from 100% recycled glass, with the labels printed on 100% recycled paper. Soy ink is used for the printing.

Named for Don Felipe Camarena, the man who established La Alteña Distillery in 1937 and where El Tesoro is distilled today. The agaves used in its production are 100% estate-grown agaves from Los Altos (aka Highlands) of Jalisco. After the agaves cook for three days in a horno (oven), they are then crushed by a two-ton tahona stone. Fermentation and distillation includes not only the aguamiel (cooked agave juice), but the fibers and pulp. It is distilled to proof meaning no water is added. It is bottled without aging at 80 proof. Note: Packaging and name update from Platinum to Blanco Tequila in April 2018. (SRP $50)

Mijenta Tequila is a tequila brand which launched in the US in August 2020. It is made by maestra tequilera Ana Maria Romero from ripe agaves harvested in the Highlands of Jalisco. Notably, all the paper-related products for the bottle and box are made from agave waste. Mijenta is inspired from "mi gente" which means "my people." This blanco expression is unaged and bottled at 40% ABV.

Gran Patrón is Patrón Spirits' luxury brand of tequila. Made from 100% blue weber agave grown in the Los Altos region of Jalisco, Mexico, this tequila is triple-distilled before being rested in oak tanks. It is then bottled in a handmade crystal vessel that is hand polished and individually numbered.

Siempre Tequila Plata is distilled from 100% blue weber agave grown on Vivanco Estate Farms in Jalisco and produced at Viva Mexico distillery (NOM 1414) overseen by master distiller Sergio Cruz. The agave is cooked in a brick oven and mashed with a roller mill, and is fermented via the "Mozart Method" with a blend of rum and champagne yeasts. It is twice distilled on copper pot stills. It is bottled unaged and additive free at 80 proof. NOTE: The brand changed distiller locations from Tequila to the Highlands and the packaging has been updated. Updated versions will have NOM 1414 listed. (SRP $49.99)

LALO Tequila is made from agave sourced from the Highlands of Jalisco, a proprietary Champagne yeast, and deep well water. The harvested agave is cooked in stone ovens before being pressed and double distilled. LALO is named after one of its co-founders, Maestro Tequilero Eduardo "Lalo" González, grandson of Don Julio González who founded his own namesake tequila brand. There are no additives or barrels used in this blanco tequila and there are no plans to release aged versions. (SRP $49.99)

4 Copas was founded by Hector Galindo Miranda The brand makes its tequila from 100% organic blue weber agave along with organic agave yeast in its production. The agaves are slow-cooked in traditional brick ovens. (SRP $49)

Guillermo Erickson Sauza, a fifth-generation tequila maker and a descendant of THAT tequila family resurrected his family-owned distillery in 2005. The tequila is produced in a traditional manner using brick ovens to cook the agaves which are then crushed with a tahona (large stone wheel). They are then allowed to naturally ferment in open air wooden tanks. The tequila is known in México as Tequila Los Abuelos, named to honor his great-great grandfather, great-grand father, and grandfather who did so much to promote the tequila industry. Outside of México, the brand is known as Fortaleza ("fortitude").

Tromba Tequila celebrates the "Tromba" or "Big Rain" - the seasonal rainfall in Jalisco that helps water the fields of agave throughout the region. Unaged, this tequila is distilled from 7 to 12 year old blue weber agave grown in the Los Altos area of Jalisco. It is immediately bottled after its second distillation at 40% ABV. (SRP $32.99)