The Best Reposado Tequilas for Sipping

Roca Patrón is a collection which represent tequilas that are produced using tahonas to crush their cooked agaves. A tahona is a two-ton stone (Roca is Spanish for "rock") and it gently crushes rather than quickly shreds the agave. Roca Patrón Reposado ages for 5 months in single-use American ex-bourbon barrels before it's bottled at 84 proof.

Don Julio Tequila sources its agaves from the Highlands of Jalisco. After harvesting, they are then steam-cooked for 72 hours. The juice is fermented and double-distilled in stainless steel pot-stills. For the Don Julio Reposado, it is aged for eight months in American white oak. The reposado is then bottled in the characteristic, square-shaped bottle at 80 proof.

Arte NOM is the brainchild of wunderkind Jake Lustig. An American who grew up in the Mexican state of Oaxaca, Lustig has been importing, selling, and writing about agave spirits his entire adult life. He asked his favorite producers of blanco, reposado and añejo tequilas to make special batches just for him to showcase their mastery of these respective styles. Such a project required a change to Mexico's law, which previously required an individual brand to represent the product of one distillery only. This reposado is made in Arandas from estate-grown agave and spends four months in 3rd-fill ex-bourbon barrels. Additive free.

El Tesoro Reposado Tequila is an additive-free tequila made from 100% estate-grown blue weber agave. It is produced in Los Altos, Jalisco at La Alteña Distillery, founded by Don Felipe Camarena in 1937. Today, his grandson Carlos Camarena oversees production. The agave is cooked and crushed using a tractor-pulled tahona before being distilled. The reposado is then aged for 9–11 months in ex-bourbon barrels. (SRP $65)

Casamigos (loosely translated to "house of friends") is indeed the tequila brand created by George Clooney and Rande Gerber. The agaves are sourced from the Highlands of Jalisco and this reposado is aged for 7 months in reconditioned whiskey barrels and is bottled at 80 proof.

Pasote Reposado Tequila is made from 100% blue weber agave and is now produced at NOM 1584 in Jalisco. The brand underwent a change in ownership in 2024 and is now owned by Maguey Spirits. Following distillation, the tequila is aged for a minimum of 4 months in American white oak barrels prior to bottling. Additive free.

Partida is known for having complete control over its production from field to bottle. The estate-grown agave used to make it is aged 7 - 10 years in a section near a dormant volcano in the Tequila Valley of Jalisco, Mexico. It's aged six months in ex-Jack Daniels barrels.

Gran Centenario is a brand that was founded by Lazaro Gallardo in the late 1800s. This reposado is made from 10-12 year old agave grown in Los Altos, Jalisco and aged 6 months in charred, new French Limousin oak barrels. Fun fact: the bottle depicts an angel who is thought to keep a watchful eye on the agave growing in the fields.

Fortaleza Reposado Tequila is produced at NOM 1493 in the Tequila Valley in the town of Tequila, Jalisco (known as Los Abuelos outside of the U.S.) using traditional methods. The agave is hand-harvested, roasted in stone/brick ovens, and crushed using a tahona. Fermentation takes place in open-air wooden vats using natural spring water before the tequila is double distilled in copper pot stills. Each lot is aged individually in American oak barrels for approximately 7 months prior to bottling.

1 2 3 or as it is meant to be pronounced “Uno, Dos, Tres” is a certified organic tequila brand. The agaves used were sourced from the Tequila Valley and the piñas were cooked for close to two days in stone ovens. The reposado, or “Dos” is aged in white oak for 6 months.

t1 is produced by Master Distiller Germán González, formerly of his family's Chinaco, of 100% Highlands blue agaves--especially mature in some cases. After slow autoclaving and double-distilling--and in the case of the reposado, spending six months in "very old" Scotch barrels, it is bottled in a distinctive, Aladdin-shaped bottle. Additive free.

Bottled in a beautiful handmade and hand painted ceramic decanter. Inside is a distillate that is carefully aged for eight months in second-use oak barrels. It is then triple micro-filtrated to ensure the highest purity.