TAP/1 – History

Key Notes

  • La Alteña distillery in 1937 was founded by Don Felipe de Jesus Camarena
  • Don Felipe couldn’t sell his agave in the Valley of Tequila, so he decided to open his own distillery and produce his own tequila to save his crop
  • Back 80 years ago, it took 12 years to fully mature agave.
 
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