Review: Codigo 1530 Rosa Tequila
Codigo 1530 Rosa Tequila is produced at Varo Destileria. Codigo 1530 is named for the year the town of Amatitan received their official charter from Spain. Unlike some distilleries that produce dozens of tequila brands, Codigo is the only brand produced at Varo Destileria. Codigo was originally produced at NOM: 1500, Tequilera Las Juntas. Co-Founder Federico Vaughn had long been the custodian of the brand that was a private unnamed tequila stock only available to close friends and family. He partnered with Ron Snyder, Crocs CEO, and Country Music star George Straight to launch the brand in 2016. Pernod Richard acquired a majority stake in the brand October 2020. Codigo 1530 is distilled from 100% Weber blue agave grown in the Lowland region. The agave is slow cooked in an autoclave. Once extracted the juice is fermented for 4 days with organic bakers yeast and double distilled. It then rests in uncharred French white oak Napa Valley Cabernet wine barrels for 30 days before bottling additive free. It pours to a golden pink hue. The aroma leads with cooked agave, floral rose, citrus, and oak. Addition time brigs out cinnamon and black pepper. The sweet cooked agave entry is joined by citrus, black pepper, and floral notes building to a cooked agave, lemon, and caramel peak. It fades with citrus, and oak, and finishes with earthy agave, saline, rose petal, whole lemon, and black pepper.
NOM: 1616
40% Alcohol
Agave Region: Lowland
Score: 91
Award: Gold Medal