WHAT IS BACANORA
BACANORA IS A MEXICAN AGAVE SPIRIT WORTH DISCOVERING!
IT IS THE ONLY AGAVE SPIRIT DISTILLED EXCLUSIVELY FROM AGAVE PACIFICA, A VARIETY THAT GROWS WILD IN THE MOUNTAINS OF SONORA AND IS THE ONLY AGAVE LEGALLY PERMITTED FOR ITS PRODUCTION. THIS SINGULAR ORIGIN GIVES BACANORA ITS OWN CHARACTER AND SETS IT APART FROM TEQUILA AND MEZCAL.
ITS PROCESS MIRRORS OTHER AGAVE SPIRITS—AGAVE HEARTS ARE COOKED, FERMENTED, AND DISTILLED—YET THE EXCLUSIVE AGAVE VARIETY CREATES A DISTINCTIVE FLAVOUR PROFILE: SMOOTHER THAN MOST MEZCALS, WITH A GENTLE SMOKY NOTE.
WHILE BACANORA IS NOT TRADITIONALLY AGED IN BARRELS, ITS LEGAL CLASSIFICATION INCLUDES THREE CATEGORIES:
BLANCO (UNAGED) – CASA FIERRO
REPOSADO (AGED BETWEEN THREE MONTHS AND ONE YEAR IN A BARREL)
AÑEJO (AGED FOR ONE YEAR OR MORE)
THE ONCE-FORBIDDEN SPIRIT OF SONORA
THE HISTORY BEHIND BACANORA
BACANORA UNLIKE TEQUILA OR MEZCAL, CARRIES A UNIQUE HISTORY: IN 1915, ITS PRODUCTION WAS BANNED, FORCING PRODUCERS INTO SECRECY FOR 77 YEARS!
DESPITE THE PROHIBITION, FAMILIES CONTINUED DISTILLING IN THE SHADOWS, PRESERVING THEIR CRAFT WITH QUIET DETERMINATION.
LEGAL AGAIN SINCE 1992 AND PROTECTED BY A DENOMINATION OF ORIGIN SINCE 2000, BACANORA REMAINS SMALL-SCALE, AUTHENTIC, AND PROUDLY SONORAN—SHAPED BY THE PEOPLE WHO REFUSED TO LET IT DISAPPEAR.
