Fortaleza vs. Cascahuin Blanco Bundle

Taste two tahona tequilas head to head. Fortaleza and Cascahuin both crush cooked agave with a heavy volcanic-stone wheel, but Fortaleza is made in the town of Tequila and Cascahuin in El Arenal, in the Valles of Jalisco. One method, two places: this set lets you taste the difference for yourself.

Fortaleza Blanco — 700 ml, 40% ABV (80 proof). Tahona-crushed agave from the town of Tequila, bottled straight from the still. Citrus and cooked agave with butter, olive, earth and black pepper, then a long finish.

Cascahuin Tahona Blanco — 750 ml, 42% ABV (84 proof). Juice pressed with a traditional stone tahona mill. Sweet and herbal on the nose with earthy Valles-zone depth, then cooked agave, tropical fruit and a long, textured finish.

How to taste them: pour both neat, slightly below room temperature, in matching glasses. Start with the Fortaleza, then the Cascahuin, and go back and forth. Look for Fortaleza's buttery, olive-like richness against Cascahuin's earthier, more mineral side.