Código 1530 Tequila Blanco (750 ml)

Código 1530 was built on a multi-generational private recipe from Amatitán — the same town that gives the Los Bajos valley its identity — and launched in 2016 by Ron Snyder, Federico Vaughan, and George Strait as a deliberate rejection of additive-dependent ultra-premium tequila. The Blanco is the purest expression of that founding argument.

Amatitán sits in the fertile Lowlands (Los Bajos) of Jalisco, where volcanic soil and rain-fed farmland produce Blue Weber agave of exceptional sugar density — piñas are accepted only at ≥32 Brix, a threshold that concentrates the earthy, herbaceous character specific to this valley. Process water is drawn from freshwater pools filtered through volcanic rock, reinforcing the mineral spine of the distillate.

Production at Varo Destilería (NOM 1616) begins with stainless steel oven cooking, followed by a proprietary shredder/chopper that isolates juice from pulp without tahona or roller mill. Fermentation runs 4–12 days using heirloom bread yeast sourced from a multi-generational Amatitán bakery — an extended timeline that builds mineral complexity and earthy depth where most Lowlands producers push fermentation in hours. Two distillations in custom handmade stainless steel pot stills complete the process.

What sets this Blanco apart: zero additives — no glycerin, no sweeteners, no colorants — in a category where additive use is widespread and largely undisclosed. The result is a Lowlands Blanco that reads as site-specific rather than producer-polished: volcanic minerality, cooked agave earthiness, and bakery-yeast savory lift with nothing layered over them.