El Tesoro Single Barrel Reposado Tequila Escaya x Del Mesa

El Tesoro Single Barrel Reposado Tequila Escaya x Del Mesa is a 750mL single-barrel reposado selected for Del Mesa with Escaya — one individual barrel of El Tesoro reposado from La Alteña distillery in Arandas, Jalisco, bottled as its own one-of-a-kind pick rather than as part of the standard multi-barrel blend. It is available to order online at Del Mesa Liquor, San Diego, CA.

• Size: 750mL
• Selection: Single barrel — an Escaya x Del Mesa barrel pick (Barrel Picks)
• Agave: 100% estate-grown Blue Weber agave, Jalisco Highlands
• Production: Stone/brick oven cooking, tahona crushing, open-air fermentation in wooden tanks with the agave fibres, double-distilled in copper pot stills
• Distillery: La Alteña, NOM 1139, Arandas, Mexico (Camarena family, since 1937)
• Strength: Single-barrel bottling — see the bottle label for this barrel's proof

One Barrel, Chosen for Del Mesa

El Tesoro is made the slow way at La Alteña, the Camarena family's distillery in the Jalisco Highlands: estate-grown Blue Weber agave cooked in stone ovens, crushed under a volcanic-stone tahona, fermented in open wooden tanks with the fibres still in, and double-distilled in copper pot stills. The standard reposado is a blend of many barrels; a single-barrel pick like this Escaya x Del Mesa bottling is one barrel standing on its own, personally overseen by master distiller Carlos Camarena's team — which is why no two El Tesoro single barrels are ever quite the same. Shop the El Tesoro collection, more tequila, and the full spirits range at Del Mesa.

Tasting Notes

In the house style of El Tesoro reposado: straw-gold in the glass, with smoky oak over fruit, vanilla and a hint of dill on the nose; a robust palate of oak and cooked agave with smoke and pepper; and a pepper-forward finish with oak notes. As a single barrel, expect this pick to lean into its own corner of that profile — a little more spice, fruit or oak than the standard blend, in the way only one unblended barrel can.

How to Enjoy

Sip it neat first — a single barrel deserves a straight pour before anything is added — then over a single large cube, or in a reposado Old Fashioned where the barrel's own character stays in charge.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is a single barrel tequila? Instead of blending many barrels for consistency, a single-barrel bottling comes from one individual cask, selected as a store pick — so its flavour is unique to that barrel and cannot be exactly repeated.

Who made this barrel pick? This barrel of El Tesoro Reposado was selected with Escaya for Del Mesa Liquor — it is Del Mesa's own store pick, produced at La Alteña (NOM 1139) in Arandas, Mexico.

What is a tahona? A large volcanic-stone wheel that crushes the cooked agave the traditional way. El Tesoro is one of the few distilleries that still uses a tahona for its tequila, fermenting the juice together with the crushed agave fibres.

What size is the bottle? 750mL. The proof is printed on this barrel's bottle label.

One barrel, one pick, gone when it's gone — get the Escaya x Del Mesa El Tesoro single barrel online through Del Mesa Liquor, San Diego, CA.