Alma del Jaguar
Exceptional Tequila. Protecting Jaguars.
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About Alma del Jaguar
Alma del Jaguar is crafted using traditional methods designed to highlight natural flavors of the agave plant and the terroir of the Los Altos (highlands) region. Our production partners, the Vivanco family, are 5th generation tequileros who have been growing agave in Los Altos de Jalisco since 1929.
Alma del Jaguar was created to help protect wild jaguars in Mexico and the U.S. As a U.S.-based tequila company with production partners in Mexico, we feel compelled to dedicate our efforts to the jaguar populations closest to us and the distillery. So we donate directly to conservation organizations like the Northern Jaguar Project who manage the Northern Jaguar Reserve in Sonora, Mexico and help protect the northernmost population of wild jaguars in the world.
Reposado
Nom: 1414
Location: Feliciano Vivanco Distillery, Arandas, Jalisco, LosAltos
Agave: 100% sustainably farmed, hand-harvested highland blue weber agave.
Cooking: Stone / brick ovens.
Milling: Roller-mill, 100% first-press free run agave juice.
Fermentation: Open-air stainless steel tanks; agave fibers from milling process are added back to fermentation to enhance complexity. Classical music is played during fermentation to stimulate the yeast, so it dances.
Distillation: Each tequila ferment is double-distilled in copperpot stills, with the final blend representing 80% wild yeast and 20% Champagne yeast.
Maturation: Aged two months in American White Oak and onemonth in French Oak.
Blanco
Nom: 1414
Location: Feliciano Vivanco Distillery, Arandas, Jalisco, Los Altos
Agave: 100% sustainably farmed, hand-harvested highland blue weber agave.
Cooking: Stone / brick ovens.
Milling: Roller-mill, 100% first-press free run agave juice.
Fermentation: Open-air stainless steel tanks; agave fibers from milling process are added back to fermentation to enhance complexity. Classical music is played duringfermentation to stimulate the yeast, so it dances.
Distillation: Each tequila ferment is double-distilled in copperpot stills, with the final blend representing 80% wild yeast and 20% Champagne yeast.