Jalisco's Casa Noble Tequila Transforms Tequila Into Culinary Art John Scott Lewinski - CraveOnline
go to original March 8, 2014

Casa Noble Tequila in Mexico uses oak wine barrels imported from France to age its spirits. (Casa Noble)

In American culture, Tequila is largely considered (at best) a party booze and (at worst) a “get drunk quick” shot. The USA could learn a great deal about enjoying the Agave creation by witnessing how Casa Noble treats its creation as an art form.

Located in the heart of the Tequila region of Mexico, the Casa Noble estate feels more like a vineyard than a distillery — substituting Blue Agave plants for grape vines. By tradition, all brands of genuine Tequila come from this titular area — as Champagne must originate from that so-named part of France. Any Tequila themed drink not originating from Casa Noble and its nearby neighbors should be called Agave Spirits.

Less than a two hour drive from Guadalajara, Casa Noble’s distillery snuggles into rolling hills criss-crossed with rows of young Agave. The much larger mature plants harvested for each year’s run of Tequila grow at higher altitudes. Those six or seven year old plants are harvested and prepared remotely and trucked into the distillery.

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