Brand Profile | Tequila
100% Blue Weber Agave  ·  Los Bajos, Amatitán, Jalisco  ·  Additive-Free, Napa Wine Cask Aged

Código 1530 is made in Amatitán, Jalisco, in the Los Bajos region. The recipe started life as a private tequila that local families made for themselves, never sold. The brand was built around bottling the same liquid and putting it on wider shelves without changing how it was made.

The distillery uses 100% Blue Weber agave from the volcanic Lowland soils around Amatitán. Production is small-batch and additive-free, and the aged bottles are matured in French white oak barrels that were first used in Napa Valley wineries. That choice of wood is part of what gives Código its style.

The big difference is the wood. Código uses uncharred French white oak Napa wine barrels for everything aged, and that gives the range a different style to the usual American oak ex-bourbon casks most tequila uses. Drier, more refined, with cleaner agave coming through.

What it brings to the shelf:

• 100% Blue Weber agave from volcanic Lowland soils in Los Bajos, Amatitán
• Additive-free across the entire range
• Aged in uncharred French white oak Napa wine barrels
• Recipe rooted in a private family tequila that was never commercially sold
• Full lineup from Blanco through to Extra Añejo, plus the Rosa
• Small batch, family-style production

If you want a clean, additive-free tequila with a distinct aging style and a story that isn't built around celebrity branding, Código 1530 is a sharp pick.

Traditional production with one stand-out choice: the wood. Most aged tequilas sit in ex-bourbon American oak. Código uses Napa wine barrels instead.

• Agave: 100% Blue Weber, grown in volcanic Lowland soils around Amatitán
• Cooking: Slow cooked to break the agave down properly
• Fermentation: Done in-house at the distillery
• Distillation: Double distilled
• Aging Vessels: Uncharred French white oak Napa Valley wine barrels
• Aging: Blanco unaged. Rosa rested in cabernet barrels. Reposado, Añejo and Extra Añejo aged in wine barrels for progressively longer.
• Additives: None

Uncharred French white oak adds less of the sweet vanilla and caramel you get from charred American oak, and more of a dry, refined character that lets the cooked agave keep the lead role.