El Gran Legado de Vida grows its blue agave on a single estate in Michoacán, where the first seedlings went in the ground in 2017. Founder Steve Vera built the brand at the Cascahuín distillery in El Arenal and has since moved production to Destiladora Juanacatlán, NOM 1551. Mature piñas are halved, hand stacked into brick ovens and slow cooked, then fermented and double distilled. The spirit leaves the still at 55% and is brought down to 40% with deep well water, except the Still Strength, bottled straight from the still at 54.5%. The brand sums it up as No Steps Skipped.