Codigo 1530 Reposado Tequila 750ml

Código 1530 was created by an artisan distilling family whose recipe for Los Bajos style tequila had been refined privately for generations before the brand launched with backing from country singer George Strait. Production runs through Varo Destilería, NOM 1616, in Amatitán, Jalisco, using only local yeast and water drawn from freshwater pools and rainwater that has filtered through the region's volcanic soil. The brand takes an unusual approach to maturation, aging each batch to taste rather than to a fixed schedule, a philosophy passed down through the family that has shaped the recipe for years.

This reposado starts from the same 100% Blue Weber agave base as the brand's blanco, distilled twice in stainless steel pot stills after low pressure autoclave cooking and fermentation without fiber. It then rests for six months in French white oak barrels that previously held Napa Valley Cabernet wine, barrels the distillery chars by hand on site rather than sourcing pre-charred. That wine cask influence gives the reposado a softer, fruit-forward complexity that sets it apart from tequilas aged in standard bourbon barrels.

The result is rounded and layered. Cooked agave and cinnamon lead the nose alongside vanilla, caramel, butterscotch, and a whisper of smoke. On the palate, ripe stone fruit and light caramel meet gentle spice from the Cabernet barrels, with hints of citrus emerging on the back end and a warm, buttery finish that lingers.