Top 10 Best Tequilas
Sitting outside the distillery, watching the afternoon light bend itself across the agave fields. The sun is dipping behind the hills of Amatitán, painting the sky in that soft gold that lasts only a few minutes. The air smells like warm dust, cooked agave drifting from the hornos, and a hint of oak from the aging room behind me.
It’s peaceful here.
Quiet enough to hear the land breathe.
Quiet enough to feel connected to everything we’ve built—and everything that continues to grow.
And it’s here, in this stillness, that I’m thinking about something that happened earlier this week.
I was far from Jalisco, traveling to New York, and I stopped at a restaurant for dinner. The server placed a cocktail menu on the table. On the tequila category page was a section titled “Top 10 Best Tequilas.”
I opened it without thinking.
And there we were.
Hermosa Organic Tequila.
Right there in print, listed among the top 10 best tequilas they recommend to their customers.
It took me a moment.
Not because it was surprising—we have been included in “best of” lists over the years.
But because every time it happens, it feels like the very first time.
Not loud.
Not boastful.
Just a soft, steady warmth in the chest.
A feeling that says:
People see the work. People feel the heart. People honor the tequila with us.
And I’m grateful for that. Deeply.
Why These Lists Matter More Than People Think
Top 10 best tequila lists are everywhere now—on menus, in magazines, on the internet, social media posts, on review sites, in cocktail bars, in tasting rooms, on the phones of curious drinkers who want something real.
And what I’ve learned is this:
Top 10 Best lists aren’t just about ranking tequilas.
They’re about why people choose tequila in the first place.
Some people want the most expensive.
Some want the best value.
Some look for the rarest or most exclusive.
Some choose based on flavor alone.
Some choose tequila that gives back to the land.
Some want additive-free purity.
Some search for small-batch craft.
Some want tequila that’s sustainable.
Some want tequila that’s USDA Certified Organic.
Some want Mexican-owned brands.
Some look for the brands with the most awards.
Some want the most popular or best-selling.
Some want tequila that mixes beautifully into cocktails.
Some want tequila that tastes honest, clean, alive.
And somehow—across all these very different reasons—Hermosa Organic Tequila keeps showing up on top 10 best tequilas lists.
Not because we chase lists.
Not because we chase recognition.
But because we stay true to the land, the agave, the people, and the process.
People feel that in every sip.
What Makes Hermosa Organic Tequila a Top 10 Best Tequila—In Every Sense
When you see Hermosa Organic Tequila on a top 10 best tequilas list, it’s rarely for just one reason.
It’s usually many reasons at once.
And those reasons always trace back to the same foundation:
We honor the tequila.
Not as a slogan—but as a way of working, living, harvesting, aging, and giving back.
Here are the qualities people tell us they notice most:
1. Top 10 for Purity
Hermosa Organic Tequila is Top 10 Best Tequilas, for USDA Certified Organic from the soil to the bottle.
Every step is clean, honest, and additive-free.
2. Top 10 for Small-Batch Craft
Hermosa Organic Tequila is Top 10 Best Tequilas, for true small batches, with real human hands guiding every detail.
Learn how we slow-cook our agave here:
The Art of Slow Cooking Agave in Hornos for Tequila
https://hermosatequila.com/the-art-of-slow-cooking-agave-in-hornos-for-tequila/
3. Top 10 for Flavor
Hermosa Organic Tequila is Top 10 Best Tequilas, for flavor and aroma
Our Hermosa Organic Tequila Blanco is bright and clean.
Our Hermosa Organic Tequila Reposado is warm and complex.
Our Hermosa Organic Tequila Añejo is deep, patient, with hints of caramel.
Taste the Añejo story:
The Art, Nature, and Craft Behind Hermosa Organic Tequila Añejo
https://hermosatequila.com/the-art-nature-and-craft-behind-hermosa-organic-tequila-anejo/
4. Top 10 for Sustainability
Hermosa Organic Tequila is Top 10 Best Tequilas, for sustainability.
Our farming regenerates the soil.
Our partnership with Trees for the Future helps restore ecosystems, planting a tree for every bottle sold.
5. Top 10 for Mexican Ownership & Authenticity
Hermosa Organic Tequila is Top 10 Best Tequilas, for Mexican owned and authenticity.
We are Mexican owned—not as a marketing line but as our roots and our lived identity.
Read more here:
The Importance and Authenticity of Mexican Owned Tequila Brands
https://hermosatequila.com/the-importance-and-authenticity-of-mexican-owned-tequila-brands/
6. Top 10 for Value
Hermosa Organic Tequila is Top 10 Best Tequilas, for value.
People tell us Hermosa Organic Tequila drinks like tequilas priced far above it.
We take that as a huge honor. We package our tequila in the most sustainably way possible as we know what matters most is what is inside the bottle.
7. Top 10 Most Awarded Organic Tequilas
Hermosa Organic Tequila is Top 10 Best Tequilas, for top 10 most awarded tequilas.
Hermosa Organic Tequila continues to earn recognition around the world as one of the Top 10 Tequilas—while staying humble, grounded, and true.
8. Top 10 for Cocktail Use
Hermosa Organic Tequila is Top 10 Best Tequilas, for top 10 tequilas for cocktail mixing, making clean cocktails.
Our purity and clean agave character shine in crafted cocktails without overpowering them.
9. Top 10 Most Sustainable & Ethical
Hermosa Organic Tequila is Top 10 Best Tequilas, for most sustainable practices
Every decision—from soil to barrel—is made with responsibility in mind.
Hermosa Organic Tequila plants a tree for every bottle sold with Trees For The Future (trees.org).
10. Top 10 Most Trusted Tequilas
Hermosa Organic Tequila is Top 10 Best Tequilas, for most trusted and working hard to do the right thing.
This one isn’t officially printed anywhere…
but we hear it from customers, bartenders, and friends.
Trust is the real award.
Gratitude From the Heart of Amatitán
I want to say something honestly:
Hermosa Organic Tequila is a tequila brand that did not grow fast.
It did not explode overnight.
It did not buy its way into bars or lists or magazines.
Hermosa Organic Tequila grew the way agave grows.
Slow.
Patient.
Rooted.
Honest.
And the only reason we stand among the Top 10 Best Tequilas today is because people believe in what we’re doing—and they can taste the care in every bottle.
Every list, every menu, every bartender recommendation, every award…
It helps Hermosa Organic Tequila grow a little more.
Not in hype.
In heart.
We carry that gratitude with us—every day, in every agave, in every barrel, in every bottle.
What Comes Next — Returning to the Agave, the Root of It All
This post is part of a larger journey—a story about land, people, soil, and spirit.
In the next chapter, we return to the plant that makes all of this possible:
The Tequilana Weber Blue Agave.
Its roots.
Its soil.
Its relationship with the jimadors who raise it like family.
Its bond with this valley.
Continue the journey here:
The Tequilana Weber Blue Agave: Rooted in Earth (excerpt from our upcoming series)