Gran Centenario Plata Tequila

About Gran Centenario Plata Tequila

Gran Centenario is a family-owned company built on traditions established more than 150 years ago. The brand’s story starts in 1857 with Lázaro Gallardo, a tavern owner from the town of Tequila, who began crafting his own tequila at Hacienda Los Camichines. Lázaro was an industry pioneer, who perfected the selección suave (smooth selection) method of blending young tequila with aged tequilas to create a smoother and more refined product of higher quality. The popularity of tequila that Lázaro sold at his tavern grew, and a few years before the turn of the century he created his own brand, naming it Gran Centenario to commemorate the start of a new century. In 1920, his son Luciano began bottling his father’s famed tequila, designing a bottle inspired by the Art Deco style. The bottles used today are very similar to the original design, and carry an image of the Angel of Independence inspired by the gold bullion coin minted to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Mexico’s independence. Today, Gran Centenario is one of Mexico’s top selling tequila brands.

Gran Centenario premium tequilas are crafted in small batched using the methods introduced by the brand’s founder. They are made from the finest 100% blue agave plants grown on the estate in the highlands of Jalisco. The agave is cooked in a clay oven, and the fermented juice (mosto) is double distilled in copper pot stills. After resting in new American oak for the designated period, the tequila is blended with aged tequila from the reserves.

Gran Centenario Plata is an award-winning silver tequila produced in small batches by one of the oldest tequila makers in Mexico. This expression is married in new American oak for 7 weeks to achieve a subtle wood note and an incredibly smooth taste that is unusual for a silver tequila.

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About Tequila

Although tequila has developed a bad reputation, there's more to the spirit than just shots on a Saturday night.

This traditional Mexican drink origins in the state of Jalisco when according to a local legend, lightning struck an agave cactus before the Nahua tribe drank its warm nectar. Behold, tequila.

Legally, tequila has to be made of 51% of Blue agave around the Jalisco region in Mexico. There are different types of tequila according to age - from the youngest representatives, blanco, reposado, and añejo, to the oldest extra añejo.

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