La Reina Raicilla Plata

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• 750mL

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Raw, untamed, and rooted in the wild highlands of Jalisco, La Reina Raicilla Plata is a rare expression of Mexico's most adventurous agave spirit category. Raicilla carries a spirit all its own, and this plata bottling delivers that character unfiltered and unapologetic.


Raicilla is a traditional Mexican spirit with deep roots in the coastal and highland regions of Jalisco, crafted from wild and semi-cultivated agave varieties distinct from those used in tequila or mezcal. La Reina Raicilla Plata is bottled unaged, preserving the bold, herbaceous, and earthy qualities that define this category at its most expressive and authentic.


  • Nose: Expect the untamed aromatics characteristic of highland raicilla, with wild agave, green herbs, and earthy mineral notes.
  • Palate: A full-bodied and adventurous sip with rustic agave character, herbal complexity, and a savory depth that sets raicilla apart from its agave spirit cousins.
  • Finish: Long and lingering with a dry, earthy warmth that invites the next sip.

La Reina Raicilla Plata shines in cocktails that celebrate its wild character. Try it in a Raicilla Paloma with grapefruit and lime, or use it as an adventurous swap in a classic Agave Sour for a rustic, herbaceous twist.


Best enjoyed neat or on the rocks to fully appreciate its traditional craftsmanship. La Reina Raicilla Plata is a plata expression sourced from the agave-rich highlands of Jalisco, Mexico.


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Location: Atenguillo, Jalisco
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Master Distiller: Julio Topete Becerra
La Reina is a raicilla de la sierra from Atenguillo, a town 1,655 meters up in the Sierra Madre Occidental of Jalisco. It is made mainly from agave maximiliana, a wild species that grows only from seed, so the team raises seedlings in its own nursery and replants them. Local rules allow only 10 percent of the region's agave to be harvested, and each plant rests about two more years after its quiote is cut to build sugar. The agave is roasted in an oven preheated for six hours, crushed by hand with wooden mallets in hollowed tree trunks and fermented open-air in oak barrels for seven days.
Map of Jalisco, Mexico, with Atenguillo marked
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Atenguillo, Jalisco

Map of Jalisco, Mexico, with Atenguillo marked

Atenguillo is a small mountain municipality of about 4,200 people in the Costa-Sierra Occidental region of western Jalisco. More than half of its land is mountainous and most of it is forest of pine, oak and cedar, with a semi-warm, semi-humid climate and summer rains. Its name comes from Atenquilitl, meaning place surrounded by water. Atenguillo is one of 16 Jalisco municipalities inside the raicilla denomination of origin, granted in 2019.

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