The Best Spicy Reposado Tequilas

Patrón El Alto is a prestige 100% blue weber tequila offering from the brand featuring a blend of reposado, añejo and extra añejo tequilas perfected by Master Distiller David Rodriguez and his team. Eleven barrel types were used in its production with the predominant type being a hybrid barrels made of American oak bodies and French oak heads. Additionally, the majority of the tequila was made using a tahona, a two-ton volcanic stone, to crush the baked agaves. El Alto is available in select US markets including New York, Miami, Las Vegas, and Los Angeles beginning November 2022. (SRP $179)

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.

With the agave hearts roasted in traditional clay ovens, and fermented using only the local wild yeasts native to the casa, Herradura Reposado is aged after distillation in American oak barrels for 11 months to allow the flavors of this tequila to mature.

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.

Tequila Gran Dovejo is located in the Highlands of Jalisco and produces only single-estate tequilas. The agave plants are grown by a fifth-generation agave grower in Los Altos. The piñas, or hearts of agave are harvested by hand and then roasted in clay ovens for 36 hours. The piñas are then shredded, the juices extracted and fermented and then double-distilled in copper alembic stills before being aged between six and nine months in American oak barrels which are hand-selected by the Master Distiller to evaluate maturity.

Originally the estate tequila served to guest and the family at Casa Herradura, Antiguo Reposado is matured for four months in used, American oak bourbon barrels compared to 11 months for their Herradura Reposado expression. Carbon filtration is used after aging which mellows the tequila a bit.

The Código 1530 process begins with 100% blue weber agave grown in Amatitán, Mexico. The agaves are harvested 7 years after planting, cooked in ovens made of stainless steel, and distilled twice. Código 1530 Reposado rests for six months in Napa cabernet French white oak barrels and is then bottled at 40% ABV. Additive free.

KAH brand line is marked by their hand-painted skull shaped bottles, intended to signify the Mayan culture and tequila’s heritage over the past 3000 years. The reposado in particular is painted as "El Diablo" or the Devil. This bright yellow-orange bottle contains a 10 month old, 110-proof spirit aged in French Limousin oak casks.

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.

Corzo's iconic bottle holds a triple-distilled and double-aged Highland agave distillate. The double-aging is done in both new American and French Oak casks for less than 4 months. After fermenting with a proprietary yeast and distilled, micro-bubbles of oxygen are introduced to give a characteristic mouthfeel and lightness.