Tequila Craft

Committed to Craft

For more than 150 years, Casa Herradura perfected the art of transforming humble agave into the highest-quality tequilas. Tequila Herradura is an extraordinary fusion of the terroir and the process, expert skill and ancient tradition. It's the heart of heritage agave and the heart of the community.

The Process

The Journey of Agave to Bottle

Heritage Blue Weber Agave
There is no Tequila Herradura without 100% Blue Weber Agave. Grown in volcanic lowlands surrounding Amatitàn, Blue Weber Agave layers our tequilas with distinct earthy and herbal tones.
Hand Harvesting
Only when agave is fully mature (after about 6-8 years later), jimadors (“harvesters”) take to the fields with a coa, a traditional, long-handled cutting tool. These skilled jimadors slice off intimidating agave leaves to reveal the sweet piña, or agave core, inside.
Traditional Roasting
Piñas are layered in hand-raised clay ovens and slowly steamed for 26 hours — just as it’s been done since the beginning. The roasted agave is left to cool before heading to the mill.
Modern Milling
A century ago, distillers pressed roasted agave with a donkey-powered tahona wheel. Today, industry leading equipment extracts agave juice, increasing energy efficiency and reducing waste. Milling produces sweet, syrupy mosto, the rich agave liquid that ferments into tequila.
Wild Yeast Fermentation
Casa Herradura is among the few premium tequila makers with natural fermentation. Over 16 species of fruit trees on the estate originate the wild yeast that gives Tequila Herradura its unparalleled flavor. Inside open-topped fermentation tanks, this yeast transforms sugary mosto into alcohol over three days. Then, it’s ready for distillation.
Skillful Distillation
The alcohol is double-distilled and clarified to remove the heads (methanol) and tails (superior alcohols and vinasas), finally creating ultra-premium blanco tequila. Every batch is continually tested and reviewed by in-house tequila experts and tasters prior to bottling (Blanco) or preparation for barrel aging (Silver, Reposado, and Añejo).
Rigorous Barrel Aging
Left to mature in charred American White Oak barrels, every Herradura tequila surpasses industry-standards for aging length, further enhancing the complex palate and aroma. As one of the only distilleries to craft our own barrels, Herradura has full creative control over specific flavors, colors, and textures.
Estate Bottling
Each carefully crafted Herradura tequila is bottled on-site and meticulously inspected. Applied carefully to each bottle, the legendary Herradura horseshoe is our seal of approval, a memento of expert transformation — and a promise of extraordinary quality.