Distillery Info
The fieldworkers (jimadores) at Sierra have years of experience, and they care for the agaves with their hands and hearts from the time they are planted to when they are harvested, which requires a lot of time and patience. They work the Sierra fields without the help of machines, which allows the plants to benefit from their natural environment in peace.
Agaves are cut up by axe at DestilerÃa Sierra and then placed in large stainless-steel tubes (autoclaves) and cooked gently. After 16 to 24 hours, the steamed agaves are taken out of their cooking pots.
The fruit, which is now soft and mildly fruity, undergoes a step-by-step extraction process. Special yeast is added to the agave juice to ferment it, and by the end of the fermentation process, it is a kind of agave wine with between 8 and 10% alcohol content by volume. This is then traditionally distilled twice in copper vessels.
There is one thing that all DestilerÃa Sierra tequilas like Sierra Silver have in common, and that is the traditional care with which they are handled throughout the entire production process. Next you can discover the characteristics of our different tequilas and find out which tequila suits you best. Distillery Notes
