Cantera Negra is made in small-batch quantities from hand-selected blue agaves. Our blue agaves are grown to maturity in the valley regions of Jalisco, Mexico, and are selected only from fields that meet Mr. Becherano’s precise and proprietary requirements for black volcanic rock soil. Our name, Cantera Negra, means black quarry rock in Spanish.
Our tequilas are never mixed with any other product, whether natural or man-made, and absolutely nothing is ever added to alter color or flavor. Because of our careful and personal approach to growing, distilling, blending and aging, our 100% blue agave tequilas are especially smooth and rich, offering unrivaled taste.
Cantera Negra Silver
Our Silver tequila is a pure and refined form of our Elixir de Agave spirit. It is produced from our finest batches, and is crystal clear and light tasting, with natural hints of citrus and clean, earthy notes on the finish. Cantera Negra Silver is unparalleled as a base tequila for any drink recipe.
It won the Silver medal at the 2017 San Francisco World Spirits Competition.
Cantera Negra Reposado
Cantera Negra Reposado is aged nearly an entire year, and is a mellower and more refined taste than our Silver tequila. With hints of oak and vanilla, this Elixir de Agave is bottled only when approved by our family tasting panel. Our Reposado is enjoyable for sipping or as the high-end base for craft tequila cocktails.
Cantera Negra Reposado won the Silver medal at the 2017 San Francisco World Spirits Competition.
Cantera Negra Añejo
Cantera Negra Añejo offers a remarkably smooth taste and a warm finish. Although never bottled until passing the stringent taste testing standards of our family panel, it is aged for an average of 30 to 36 months. Our Añejo maintains the subtle citrus and earthy hints of our Silver and Reposado Elixir de Agave products, but the aging process imparts and highlights subtle new flavors resembling the cooked agave itself, with a more woody and vanilla ending. Its flavor is so unique and enjoyable as a sipping tequila that Cantera Negra Añejo stands apart from all other typical tequilas on the market today.
It won the Gold medal at the 2017 San Francsico World Spirits Competition.
Cantera Negra Extra Añejo
Our flagship Elixir de Agave tequila, there simply is nothing on the market that compares to it. In a class of its own, Cantera Negra Extra Añejo sets the standard for exceptionally smooth and rich taste. It has been proven superior in private, blind taste testings to virtually all other highly recognized tequila products, including those in the super-premium retail price range. Cantera Negra Extra Añejo is almost universally described as tasting similar to the finest bourbons. It is a truly enjoyable ``sipping`` tequila, with extremely smooth oak, vanilla and caramel notes. It is guaranteed to be aged a minimum of 48 months, and bottled only after passing our most rigorous tasting panel standards. Our Extra Añejo erases all preconceived ideas when it comes to traditional tequila taste.
Cantera Negra Extra Añejo won the Bronze medal at the 2017 San Francisco World Spirits Competition.