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A stone tahona wheel crushing roasted agave in a brick-ringed pit, with a horse harnessed to turn it, in Mitla, Oaxaca.Level 2Mezcal Always 100% agave, from any species, mostly from Oaxaca: mezcal's three production categories, six classes and what t... Close-up of a NOM 1509 distillery number printed on a tequila label.Level 3NOM, Additives and Labels What the NOM number, '100% agave' and the class name guarantee on tequila and mezcal labels, what may go unlisted, an... Rows of blue agave in a field below the Tequila volcano in Jalisco under a clear sky.Level 2Tequila Blue agave from five Mexican states, certified by the CRT under NOM-006: the two categories, five classes and the num... A stemmed tulip glass of nearly clear spirit on a softly blurred table.Level 3Cristalino Tequila Aged tequila filtered clear, usually through activated charcoal. Popular, debated, and not one of the five legal clas... Weathered oak barrels stacked on their sides in a tequila hacienda aging room.Level 3Tequila Reposado Rested tequila: at least two months in direct contact with oak, any barrel size, and labeled 'Aged' when it is export... A brandy snifter holding a dark amber aged spirit against a black background.Level 3Tequila Extra Añejo The longest-aged legal class of tequila: at least three years in oak containers of 600 liters or less, labeled 'Ultra... The spiky, narrow-leaved rosette of a green sotol (Dasylirion) plant seen from above.Level 2Sotol, Bacanora and Raicilla Three regional Mexican appellation spirits: raicilla from Jalisco's coast and sierra, bacanora from Sonora, and sotol... Clear, freshly distilled spirit pouring from a copper still spout into a copper basin.Level 3Tequila Blanco Blanco, plata or silver: tequila straight from the still, cut only with water, with an optional rest under two months... Stacked pale oak barrels ageing tequila in a bodega, one marked with a plain stack-number sign.Level 3Tequila Añejo Añejo tequila: at least one year in oak containers of 600 liters or less, sealed by the CRT, and called 'Extra aged' ... A large pile of harvested agave piñas stacked in the courtyard of a tequila distillery.Level 2Agave After the Boom As of late 2026: tequila sales dipped, agave is in oversupply, and the fight over 'additive-free' labels continues. A large pile of harvested, trimmed agave hearts (piñas) waiting to be cooked.Level 1 · Start hereAgave Spirits Tequila, mezcal, raicilla, bacanora and their desert cousin sotol: Mexico's protected spirits, what separates them, a...

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