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1921 Tequila - Distillery Pictures

It is not just a Tequila, it is History - Atotonilco el Alto, Jalisco, Mexico

These are pictures from the distillery that produces and bottles 1921 Tequila, Agabe Tequilana Productores y Comercializadores, located in the Los Altos region of Jalisco, Mexiico.


Jimadors use a Coa de Jima to harvest the agave plants at Agabe Tequilana	Raw agave hearts, cut in half, are loaded into adobe ovens to cook.


Bottling, labeling and packing is done by hand at the distillery in Los Altos.	The ceramic label for 1921 Tequila is placed by hand on the bottle at distillery.	Oak barrels (baricas) are used to age tequila at the El Ovida distillery.


Bottles of 1921 Tequila are dipped, by hand, into hot wax to ensure a well sealed bottle.	Labels are applied to bottles of 1921 Tequila by hand, then inspected, to insure the best quality control.	A Coa de Jima and steel hammer are used by Jimadors to harvest the agave plants at Agabe Tequilana


An old stone tahona, no longer used, still remains in the processing area.	Jimadors work in the fields trimming the leaves (pencas) from agave plants.	Traditional copper alambique used to distill mosto into tequila.

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1921 Tequila
NOM 1079 | DOT 118
Office: Corporacion Licorera 1921
Camino a la Presa 1004-7, Leon Gto. 78130, Mexico
Phone: +52 (477 )773-1901
E-mail: [email protected] | www.tequila1921.com |

Distillery: Agabe Tequilana Productores Y Comercializadores, S. A. de C. V.

Last Revision - 23 April 2010 - jat
1921 Tequila - Distillery Pictures