Fuenteseca Cosecha Blanco Tequila 2018
Fuenteseca Cosecha Blanco Tequila 2018 is Enrique Fonseca's vintage-dated, single-orchard blanco — 44.8% ABV (89.6 proof), 750mL, made from overripe pinto Blue Weber agave harvested in 2018 at the Huerta Las Antenas orchard in Vista Hermosa, Michoacan, distilled at La Tequileña (NOM 1146) in Tequila, Jalisco, rested in stainless steel and verified additive-free. It is available to order online at Del Mesa Liquor.
- ABV: 44.8% (89.6 proof)
- Size: 750mL
- Agave: Overripe "pinto" Blue Weber, single orchard (Huerta Las Antenas), harvested 2018
- Estate: Vista Hermosa, Michoacan — 5,019 ft, chalky caliche soil
- Production: Autoclave cooking, roller-mill extraction, open-air fermentation in stainless steel, double distilled in copper pot stills
- Resting: Rested in stainless steel before bottling; no oak
- Origin: La Tequileña, Tequila, Jalisco, Mexico (NOM 1146)
One Orchard, One Harvest, No Oak
Fuenteseca is best known for extra añejos aged up to twenty-one years; the Cosecha line is the opposite discipline — a blanco that tastes of a single place in a single year. Las Antenas sits at 5,019 feet in Vista Hermosa, in the southernmost reach of the tequila denomination, where overripe pinto agave ripens in chalky, calcium-rich caliche soil that the importer credits for the spirit's heightened minerality. Master distiller Enrique Fonseca's programme treats each harvest as a vintage: the 2018 fruit was cooked, fermented in the open air and double distilled in copper pots at La Tequileña, then rested in steel — never oak — so nothing stands between the orchard and the glass. Compare harvests on our blanco tequila shelf, browse the house in tequila, or see its bottlings on the Fuenteseca vendor page.
Tasting Notes
Nose: Cooked agave with basil, tarragon and orange peel (Sip Tequila). Palate: Strong minerality and floral notes, preserved Meyer lemon and a light salinity balancing honeyed agave; sweet cooked yam and warm baking spice in the importer's account. Finish: Full-bodied and lingering, sweet agave and citrus oils.
How to Enjoy
Neat, in a flute or Riedel tequila glass, at room temperature — a blanco bottled at 89.6 proof to be studied, not shot. It also makes a formidable, mineral-driven Margarita for drinkers who want the agave to lead.
Frequently Asked Questions
What does "Cosecha" mean? Harvest. Each Fuenteseca Cosecha is dated to one harvest from one orchard — here, the 2018 picking at Huerta Las Antenas — instead of blending harvests and orchards the way most blancos do.
Why is the agave from Michoacan if the tequila is from Jalisco? The tequila denomination spans five states. Fonseca's orchard sits in Vista Hermosa, Michoacan; the spirit is distilled at La Tequileña (NOM 1146) in the town of Tequila, Jalisco. Both facts are on the bottle's story, and the minerality starts with the Michoacan caliche soil.
Is it aged? Not in oak. Like all blancos it is unaged in wood, but it was rested in stainless steel before bottling — published durations for that rest conflict between sources, so the draft states the rest without a number.
A vintage blanco from a single orchard — order Fuenteseca Cosecha Blanco Tequila 2018 online from Del Mesa Liquor in San Diego, CA.