THE TEQUILA FIELD GUIDE
Maturation, explained.
The time the spirit spends in direct contact with barrel or container wood. Class minimums help organize aged tequila but do not establish a bottle's exact flavor.
How to use this information
Keep a regulatory category separate from the details of a specific bottle. A minimum aging period, production stage or alcohol range is a reference point—not a universal quality ranking.
Follow the evidence into the catalogue
Sources & provenance
Consejo Regulador del Tequila — About tequilaRegulator · Accessed 2026-10-15Producer specifications and tasting descriptions are attributed claims. No independent tasting scores are published in this release.
Reviewed 2026-10-15. Producer-specific claims remain separately attributed.