Lot 76 | Fortaleza lote 76A tried this on my boston trip sept 2025 tried it at Loco at fenway park Im loving this. Barrel notes and brown sugar on the nose with sweet agave on the palate with a nice warm finish

Lot 74 | Fortaleza anejo (mi tierra) Lote 74A Nose: apple cinnamon whiskey caramel pepper citrus Palate: honey whiskey caramel citrus Finish nice warm sweet oak pepper

Lot 72 | mi tierra june 2025 revisited from a sample given to me by Matt Cavanaugh Agave Swappers its quite good. comparing it to lote 71A, i'd say this one pops a little more with whiskey and pepper and a drier finish

Lot 71 | Fortaleza lote 71A Tasted at Condensa Watertown ma 6/2025 Bartender Saul gave us a small sample Delicious blend of sweet cooked agave caramel vanilla barrel spices with a little spicey pepper heat on the finish 10/2025 revisited from a sample I received from Andy Yang Agave Swappers. notes are the same. very enjoyable

Lot 61 | Lot 61. Aroma is a little less than usual-possibly the vessel. Taste is exceptional with lots of good agave heat with some smooth barrel notes. The finish is amazing as usual. Thanks Tom!

Lot 75 | Another lovely Anejo from Fortaleza. On the nose a wave of caramel, butterscotch, honey, stone fruit, cooked agave, citrus, and vanilla. On the palate more caramel, honey, fruits, vanilla, brine, cooked agave, pepper, earthiness, a rustic barnyard note, and light olives. The finish was excellent.

Lot 59 | Actually lote 73. Step it up TMM ;) Great as usual. Still the best aroma in tequila! Thanks, Baja Bettys 20th anniversary party!

Lot 68 | Another leaky cork fouled the bottle, $95 down the drain, Mexico’s best tequila in the world’s worst glass.

Lot 69 | Lote 69. Thanks Dustin! All of the good stuff as usual. Here are some differences I am noticing: A little alcohol on the aroma. Could be the glass. A good bite of pepper in the mouth. Shorter finish than usual. Still GREAT!

Lot 66 | Beautiful barrel and agave on the nose. Easy going delicious palate. Haven’t had a Fortaleza Añejo i don’t like

Lot 42 | This 42A really lives to that hype!

Lot 68 | Truly amazing juice. I was lucky enough to see this at a bar and spend a little time with this. Great aromas and flavors coming from the cooked agave and the barrel aging. Nose: cooked agave, vanilla, caramel, oak, butterscotch, molasses, cinnamon, honey, and butter. Palate: the nose really carries through to the palate. Cooked agave, vanilla, caramel, oak, butterscotch, molasses, cinnamon, honey, and butter. An absolutely amazing anejo that still has the agave as the star of the show but brings great complexity of aromas and flavors through the barrel aging. Just waiting for the day where I can find this on the shelf.

Lot 70 | This is still magical Tequila for me! The best aroma. Everything else is excellent. Lot 70 served in La Cava de Fortaleza. Gracias a Kobe!

Lot 66 | Lote 66. The aromas on this one bring me back to childhood memories of something sweet cooking in the kitchen. Homemade cookies was my first thought. While mom didn’t cook with agaves, the smells of butter, caramel and vanilla are right up front. I get hungry just smelling this one. The taste is just divine. It has sweet agave stretching for miles. The vanilla and caramel and butter are all there too. I’m not saying this tequila is a dessert but I could easily pass on dessert and have this instead. I haven’t had other Fort Anejo lotes as of this review but if they’re anything like this one, happy happy happy is all I can say.

Fortaleza is a known legend and additive free champion in the tequila space. It is not everyday that I had a chance to explore this wonderfully delightful tequila. I was very pleased and impressive that this pour lived up to the hype. Sweet caramel, agave, oak, vanilla and citrus. I savored every sip of this pour.

There are people who think Forteleza is just popular through rareness….some people think that because it is harder to find outside of secondary market that it isn’t possibly as good as the internet influencers claims….that it’s just a pop-star with little to no talent. But that’s all far from the truth. I’d love to find 10 of the most talented tequila connoisseurs who wouldn’t put Fortaleza (in nearly all expressions) in their own top 3 brands or top 3 expressions. It would be an absolutely amazing thing to see a real taste off in the tequila world. I’d bet the farm that Forteleza would take the top prize.

Nose: Butterscotch, Carmel, Oak, Vanilla, Cinnamon, Butter, Toffee Mouthfeel: Medium-bodied viscosity palate:butter, butterscotch, cinnamon, baking spice Finish: Coffee, Butterscotch, Oak Carmel, Butterscotch and Oak dominate the nose on this. The taste is of sweet and well-rounded. Things that come to mind are butterscotch, cooked agave, carmel, butter, and oak. The finish is incredibly light with the carmel and butterscotch stealing the show. This goes down so easy, and the finish does nothing but completely validate that. This is a very solid Añejo that sacrifices very little cooked agave for something aged like this. This is an Añejo to remember!

Lot 65 | Lote 65 usual Fortaleza Añejo character. Best aroma in Tequila. Taste is great this lot is not as sweet as others. Good hot of black pepper on the back end. Finish is wonderful as usual.

Lot 61 | 2nd weekend: The aroma of oak, caramel, pecans/hazlenust are gourmand and makes the wafts of ethyl give it a slight sweet woodsy booziness smell. The flavor is strong with the initial oak sweetness. Agave with tastings of brown sugar, cacao, minute brininess, spicy pepperiness, trace amounts of smoke and a watery maple finish rounds it all out . The distinct taste of ethyl makes a discrete exit during the savoring. Would give it a 91 but didn’t use value as a rating.

Lot 63 | Delicious barrel notes goodness on the nose, maybe caramel and oak? Those notes follow through on the palate and finish. Lot 63a is a great bottle and a baseline for Añejo.

Lot 63 | Tasted blind

Lot 63 | Final Añejo of the Fortaleza taste off.

Lot 43 | The infamous Lot 43! A friend shared a glass with me and I finally got to try a holy grail tequila. What can I say about this supposedly XA-blended Añejo other than it was delicious aged Fortaleza.

Lot 55 | Incredible. Such a dessert sipper. Beautiful barrel notes on the nose and the palate is a treat. From beginning to finish this is a treat through and through.

Lot 63 | This lot 63 is one of the better añejo s from Fortaleza since lot 48.