The appearance of a bottle of El Amo tequila is very solid: you involuntarily imbue confidence in the drink in a squat thick-walled bottle with the image of a scroll yellowed from time to time. Actually, this is how premium tequila, consisting of 100% blue agave alcohol, should look like. The name of the drink – El Amo, which means “Master” in Spanish, also hints at excellent quality.
The name obliges, so El Amo tequila is made only from selected agave, baked in classic brick ovens. Naturally fermented juice undergoes a double distillation. Tequila has an unusually soft and refined taste. The CEO of the company, Eduardo Barba Casillas, carefully monitors the quality of the drink. In 2003, the Mexican Tequila Academy recognized the highest quality of El Amo tequila. The company exports this drink to 36 countries.
Types of tequila El Amo
Tequilera Hacienda la Capilla produces three varieties of El Amo tequila with a strength of 38%:
- El Amo Blanco is a young colorless tequila with a spicy aroma of vanilla and green pepper. On the palate, the delicate sweetness of baked agave is balanced by pepper bitterness. The aftertaste is long, warm, with a hint of freshly cut grass;
- El Amo Reposado is a golden tequila aged for six months in oak barrels. It smells of spices and pickled olives. Pepper-agave taste gradually turns into a soft aftertaste with hints of hazelnuts and flower petals;
- El Amo Añejo is a three-year-old amber tequila, fragrant with baked agave, apples and spices. The taste combines peppery, fruity and floral notes, turning into a silky, slightly spicy aftertaste.
Historical reference. Don Antonio Faustino de Aceves y Casillas deservedly enjoyed the reputation of a man who argued any business. Undoubtedly, he was hardworking and possessed remarkable organizational skills. In 1820, Senor Aceves founded a new town in the then sparsely populated state of Jalisco. Just ended the war for the independence of Mexico, and Don Antonio named the settlement Capilla de Guadalupe: in honor of the Holy Virgin of Guadalupe, who gave the country freedom.
In all of Mexico, there is no more suitable land for growing blue agave than the red volcanic soils of the Jalisco plateau. Don Antonio, like many of his neighbors, set up agave plantations, and a few years later he started distilling. He approached any occupation seriously, and soon his tequila was reputed to be the best in the vicinity of Capilla de Guadalupe. For this, fellow countrymen respectfully called him Master Aceves – El Amo de Aceves.
Don Antonio’s signature recipes were passed down through the Aceves y Casillas family from father to son. In 1895, the family built a new distillery on their estate, Hacienda la Capilla. True, the business did not work out: wars and crises of the XNUMXth century prevented it.
It was only in 1993 that Tequilera Hacienda la Capilla was re-registered, a company with entirely Mexican capital. The owners of the company did not have to think for a long time what name to give their premium tequila: the name of the drink immortalized the memory of the founder of the family, the legendary El Amo.