Don Valente Licorera Reposado Tequila

Don Valente Licorera Reposado Tequila is a 750mL reposado bottled at 40% ABV (80 proof) for the US market, from Don Valente of El Arenal, Jalisco — rested six months in white American oak barrels, per the producer copy for the Licorera bottling, four months past the reposado minimum. It pours light yellow with golden and silver hues, per the producer's description. It is available to order online at Del Mesa Liquor.

• ABV: 40% (80 proof), US bottling
• Size: 750mL
• Age: 6 months in white American oak, per the Licorera producer copy (reposado minimum is 2 months)
• Origin: El Arenal, Jalisco, Mexico — brand-level record: NOM 1450, Marco Antonio Jauregui Huerta
• Agave: Tequilana Weber; 100% agave at brand level (Agave Matchmaker)
• Production: Stone/brick-oven cooking, roller-mill extraction, stainless-steel fermentation, twice distilled in copper pot stills (brand's reposado record)

A Presentation Bottle With a Proper Rest

Don Valente is a small, family-run producer in El Arenal, in Jalisco's Tequila Valley lowlands. The Licorera line is its presentation bottling — "licorera" is Spanish for a liquor decanter — and the reposado inside it is no shortcut pour: the producer rests it six months in white American oak, triple the legal reposado minimum, which shows in the golden hue and the oak-and-vanilla frame around the cooked agave. The brand's traditional process at brand level — brick ovens, roller mill, copper pot stills — keeps the agave itself at the centre. Browse the house on the Don Valente vendor page and more reposados in our tequila collection.

Tasting Notes

Per the producer: an aroma of cooked agave, oak, fresh fruit, almond and vanilla; a soft flavour of sweet cooked agave. No independent panel notes specific to the Licorera Reposado were found in research — the producer's set above is the note record for this bottling, printed with its attribution.

How to Enjoy

Neat or on a single rock — six months of oak gives it the frame for sipping, and the sweet agave middle carries a Ranch Water or a reposado Margarita. More reposados are in our tequila collection and the full range in our spirits collection.

Frequently Asked Questions

How long is Don Valente Licorera Reposado aged?
Six months in white American oak barrels, per the producer copy for the Licorera bottling — four months beyond the two-month minimum the reposado category requires.

What does "Licorera" mean?
Spanish for a liquor decanter — it names the brand's presentation bottling, not a separate distillery or recipe.

Where is Don Valente made?
In El Arenal, Jalisco (Los Valles / Tequila Valley). The brand's Agave Matchmaker records sit at NOM 1450, producer Marco Antonio Jauregui Huerta — brand-level provenance, as no Licorera-specific entry exists.

Six months rested and decanter-dressed — order Don Valente Licorera Reposado Tequila online from Del Mesa Liquor, San Diego, CA.