Best Tequilas + Mezcals to Celebrate Cinco de Mayo

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Looking for the champion tequila oregon mezcal for Cinco de Mayo? We’ve got you covered. Commemorating the day of Mexico's triumph implicit the Second French Empire astatine the Battle of Puebla successful 1862, Cinco de Mayo is simply a yearly solemnisation often mistaken for Mexican Independence Day. So, if you are looking for a bully tequila, mezcal oregon sotol to try, whether neat oregon successful your favourite margarita, beryllium definite to snag 1 of the bottles below.

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Loco Tequila, Mexico’s archetypal and lone ultra-luxury terruño (terroir-based) tequila from the El Arenal portion of Jalisco, Mexico presents their Loco Tequila Blanco ($135) with a 40% ABV. After 3 years of occurrence successful the Mexico market, the passionateness task of Pedro Padilla, Gabriel Roqueñí and Juan Pablo Torres Padilla is making its debut successful the US market. Unlike different tequilas connected the market, Loco Tequila afloat commits to crafting a distillation that showcases the precise essence of the agave–it is the archetypal tequila location to follow the “double jima” oregon treble shaving of the agave piñas with each azygous batch production, presenting a creamy and well-structured tequila. Furthermore, each vessel is numbered and delivered successful a unsocial lawsuit designed by legendary creator Jan Hendrix.

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Crafted successful constricted quantity, the El Cristiano Extra Anejo Black Label ($130) is a three-year aged anejo tequila, a caller class for the company. Made by 3rd procreation maestro tequila makers, Familia el Cristiano prides itself successful providing sustainable and axenic tequila with nary additives. Aged for 3 years successful American Oak, this tequila is acheronian amber successful colour with smells of caramel and chromatic with a saccharine effect taste. The rapidly increasing marque retired of Jalisco, MX also supports orphanages in Guadalajara, MX and is available nationwide astatine apical restaurants and widespread retailers specified arsenic Total Wines.

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Uniquely distilled for a 3rd clip with turkey breast, seasonal fruits and spices, Montelobos Pechuga ($129.99) is made from integrated agave cultivated successful Espadin. Montelobos prides itself successful utilizing accepted accumulation methods specified arsenic a azygous chromatic tahona pulled by a mule for milling and a distillation process of copper vat heated with firewood, to guarantee a warm, smoky sip. Creating flavors of roasted almonds and maple honey, ensuring a warm, smoky sip, the mezcal is fermented successful unfastened conifer wood vats with nary added yeasts of nutrients. 

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Doña Vega’s Tobalá ($129.99) is harvested from chaotic Tobalá maguey which is recovered successful precocious godforsaken canyons. Harvested responsibly and produced by a fifth-generation women-owned workplace successful a tiny municipality extracurricular Oaxaca, Doña Vega’s Tobalá has a creamy and velvety mouthfeel. Deemed the ‘king of mezcals’, Tobalá is precise highly sought after, presenting a saccharine chemoreceptor and long, creaseless finish. With tasting notes of fume (but a much subtle fume profile), earth, leather and cedar with hints of citrus zest, this mezcal has a 43% ABV.

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As the No. 1 astir awarded caller mezcal successful 2022, Catedral Mezcal offers six types of mezcals, with Catedral Mezcal Tobala ($89.99) astir precocious winning a golden medal astatine the San Diego Wine and Spirits Competition. Founded by father-daughter duo Jeff and Sydney Block, Catedral Mezcal brings workplace to vessel done partnerships with section communities. Artisanal and strictly made by hand, their Tobalá is distilled successful copper with zero additives and has tasting notes of nuts and toffee.

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Directly translated arsenic “match” successful Spanish, Fósforo launched successful 2022 and their Fósforo Tobalá ($99) uses only chaotic yeast and immoderate of the largest Tobalá agave successful Mexico. Created by a 4th procreation mezcalero, the mezcal reflects the terroir of the Huehuetlán el Grande portion of Puebla, Mexico. Once cooked and fermented, mezcalero Aarón Alva Sánchez distills the Tobalá agave utilizing copper stills, presenting mezcal joven (‘young’ successful Spanish), 1 that is unaged and crystal wide successful colour and bottled astatine 90 proof. 

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Unlike astir mezcal, Bosscal Pechuga De Conejo ($99.99) is from Durango, Mexico – not Oaxaca wherever astir mezcals travel from. It is made utilizing precise accepted techniques from Durango, including chaotic grown agave, unfastened aerial successful crushed pit fermentation, people occurring yeast, and distillation successful a wood inactive called El Veijo. Unique to this mezcal is that it is triple distilled with a skinless rabbit suspended successful the inactive during the 3rd distillation, allowing the liquid vapors to walk done it (“pechuga” means ‘breast’ successful Spanish and “conejo” means ‘rabbit’). This results successful a genuinely unique, affluent mezcal with a airy fume precise crisp and creaseless with citrus, orangish and humor orange.

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Made from 100% chaotic grown sotol that is sourced ethically and sustainably from the Chihuahuan Desert, Los Magos Sotol Blanco ($59.99) is simply a triple-distilled sotol, ensuring a creaseless sip whether drinking it consecutive oregon mixed. The 'newest' Mexican tone rapidly gaining popularity present successful the States, sotol is made from wild-harvested sotol plants which are neither agave nor cactus, but alternatively person agelong spine-clad leaves, creating a tone class of its own. Los Magos, co-founded by 2 natives of Chihuahua, uses artisanal techniques that person been passed down done six generations of sotoleros to make their award-winning Sotol Blanco (which doesn’t person immoderate additives). This blend presents analyzable notes of citrus, achromatic pepper, airy smoke, honey, and eucalyptus that leads to an herbaceous finish.

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With tasting notes of oak and acheronian chocolate, Grand Mayan Reposado ($89.99) is aged successful ex-American whiskey casks for six months and finished successful ex-Cognac barrels for an further 2 months (for a full of 8 months resting successful barrels). It’s creaseless for sipping, afloat connected the palate and leads into a layered and delicious agelong finish.What further separates this tequila from others is that each tequila is bottled successful accepted Talavera ceramic decanters and the Reposado bottles are adorned with 24K golden applique applied by hand.

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El Tequileño Añejo Gran Reserva ($89.99) is distilled successful copper cookware stills and aged successful American and French oak barrels for 2 years. Founded successful 1959 by the legendary tequila manufacture pioneer, Don Jorge Salles Cuervo, El Tequileño is exclusively produced astatine La Guarreña distillery, 51 Chiapas, Tequila, Jalisco; nary different tequila has ever been produced there. They harvest lone the finest Blue Agave from the premium increasing region, Los Altos de Jalisco and locally root the mineral-rich volcanic outpouring h2o from El Volcan de Tequila. This tequila is champion enjoyed neat and provides aromas of oak and vanilla with a sensation of saccharine spices, orange, and caramel.  

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Characterized by its debased smoke, agave guardant and caller botanical spirit profile, Desolas Mezcal is simply a unique, female-founded mezcal brand. Desolas Mezcal Blanco ($52.99) isdelicately handcrafted from 100% Salmiana agave successful San Luis Potosi, Mexico dissimilar astir mezcal which is made from espadin that grows successful Oaxaca, Mexico. Inspired by accepted time-honored techniques of mezcal production, the Salmiana agave is cooked successful above-ground ovens presenting a smooth, balanced tone with a caller aroma and creaseless and balanced taste.

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PATRÓN Silver ($59.99) is the earliest of the PATRÓN expressions, was the eventual crippled changer. Passionately handcrafted from lone 3 of the finest 100% people cleanable ingredients - Weber Blue Agave, h2o and yeast - this creaseless and saccharine tequila is cautiously distilled successful tiny batches astatine Hacienda PATRÓN distillery successful Jalisco, Mexico. With aromas of fruits and citrus and a airy capsicum finish, PATRÓN Silver elevated a class dominated by low-priced, ‘mixto’ tequila and established itself arsenic the benchmark against which each different tequilas are measured.

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Made from 100% Blue Agave from the highlands of Jalisco, Tequila Don Ramón Platinium Cristalino Añejo ($62 via Reserve Bar) is double-distilled and aged successful American oak barrels for 12 months. Its creaseless sensation is acknowledgment to its proprietary finishing method, presenting a richer and robust profile. The Cristalino wide with a subtle straw tint comes to beryllium acknowledgment to its analyzable filtration process giving the tequila an aroma of wood and spices and notes of nuts, vanilla, cacao and cinnamon.