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Review: Familia Camarena Reposado Tequila

Familia Camarena Reposado Tequila was introduced in 2010.  The Camarena family immigrated to Mexico from Spain in the early 1700’s, planted their first agave fields in 1860, and opened their distillery, Casa Casco Viejo in 1938.  The Camarena family currently grow 3 million agave plants at an elevation of nearly 8000 feet.  Familia Camarena is made from 100% Weber Blue agave that are slow roasted in traditional volcanic stone horno’s for several days.  After a slow fermentation the tequila is double distilled.  The Reposado expression is aged for 60 days in both new and used American oak barrels before bottling at 80 proof.  Read more »