Chaquira Beaded Jaguar Extra Anejo
Chaquira Beaded Jaguar Extra Anejo is a 750mL extra anejo bottled at 40% ABV (80 proof), made from 100% Blue Weber agave and aged a minimum of three years in American white oak barrels at NOM 1438, Destiladora del Valle de Tequila, in Tequila, Jalisco — reported by Agave Matchmaker, the database that tracks the brand's production. The bottle is the other half of the object: a jaguar head hand-covered in chaquira beadwork in the Wixarika (Huichol) tradition, every bottle's colours and pattern unique. It is available to order online at Del Mesa Liquor.
- ABV: 40% (80 proof)
- Size: 750mL
- Agave: 100% Blue Weber (Tequilana Weber)
- Distillery: NOM 1438, Destiladora del Valle de Tequila (Casa Maestri), Jalisco — per Agave Matchmaker
- Age: Minimum 3 years in American white oak (extra anejo class)
- Production: Brick oven and autoclave cooking; roller mill; double distilled
- Bottle: Jaguar head hand-beaded in chaquira beadwork — each bottle unique
Three Years in Oak, a Jaguar in Beads
Chaquira — the Spanish word for the small beads themselves — bottles its tequila in jaguar heads covered by hand in the beadwork of the Wixarika people of northern Jalisco and Nayarit, beads set in wax and resin one at a time; no two bottles carry the same pattern. The liquid at the top of the range is the extra anejo: the NOM 1438 house make — brick-oven and autoclave cooking, roller-mill extraction, deep well water, stainless-steel fermentation, double distillation — then three years or more in American white oak. Handle the bottle with care: the beads are glued and wax-set, not welded, and can loosen if knocked. See the full set on the Chaquira vendor page and in our tequila collection.
Tasting Notes
Per Agave Matchmaker's community profile: vanilla, caramel and oak with leather on the nose; oak, vanilla, caramel and cooked agave through the palate with a whiskey-like depth — reviewers there call it rich and sumptuous, an end-of-evening sipper, with the bottle itself the star.
How to Enjoy
Neat, unhurried — three years in oak and a one-of-one bottle both argue against rushing it. More extra anejos are in our tequila collection and across our spirits collection.
Frequently Asked Questions
How long is Chaquira Extra Anejo aged?
Extra anejo requires a minimum of three years in oak by regulation, and retailer accounts for this bottling report approximately three years in American white oak. No producer statement publishes an exact duration beyond that.
What is the Chaquira bottle made of?
A glass jaguar-head bottle hand-covered in chaquira beads in the Wixarika (Huichol) beadwork tradition — small coloured beads fastened with wax and resin. Because the work is handmade, every bottle is one of a kind; handle it gently, as individual beads can loosen.
Where is Chaquira made?
Agave Matchmaker lists the brand at NOM 1438, Destiladora del Valle de Tequila (Casa Maestri), in Tequila, Jalisco (Los Valles), double distilled from 100% Blue Weber agave.
The top of the Chaquira range, in a bottle no one else on earth shares — order Chaquira Beaded Jaguar Extra Anejo online from Del Mesa Liquor in San Diego, CA.