The Most Expensive Tequila Costs More Than a Mansion
Many people have memories of driking tequila (if they can remember them). But the good stuff ain’t cheap.
The most expensive tequila in the world is worth a lot more than thousands of dollars. It’s millions. Seriously. Don’t spill a drop.
Let’s Look at the Numbers
The title of priciest tequila in the world goes to Tequila Ley Diamante, which sells for, wait for it, $3.5 million. For comparison, that same amount of money could buy:
Personally, we’d take any of the above over a bottle of tequila, but to each their own.
How It’s Made
Tequila Ley .925 Diamante is made by the Hacienda la Capilla distillery in Mexico. The company claims it’s the most valuable item produced by the country since colonial times.
It’s made using premium blue agave from the Jalisco Highlands. The 42 percent alcohol/volume tequila is double distilled and aged in a barrel for seven years.
Only a few people can afford this drink on National Tequila Day (which is celebrated July 24), or any day, for that matter.
Why It’s So Expensive
This tequila’s mind-blowing price tag is no accident. The bottle, designed by Mexican artist Jose Davalos Mejia, is made using almost 5 pounds of platinum. See the glitter on the outside? Yeah, those are diamonds — 4,100 white diamonds, to be exact. Just making the bottle took 10 months.
Meanwhile, the tequila inside is made by master distillers. It has a complex aroma and flavor profile with a clarity and rounded flavor that makes a $6 bottle taste like actual mouthwash.