Don Julio 70 Cristalino Tequila

Don Julio 70 Cristalino Tequila delivers crystal-clear elegance with citrus, vanilla, honey, and toasted oak. Smooth yet vibrant, it blends aged añejo richness with blanco purity. Lingering oak leads to a clean, warm finish, an exceptional tequila uniting tradition, innovation, and refined craftsmanship.

• Distillery: Don Julio - Diageo
  
• Type: Cristalino Tequila
  
• Region: Jalisco, Mexico
  
• Alcohol: 35%
  
• Volume: 700ml
  
• Other: 100% Blue Agave
  
• Goes with: Neat or over ice, Lime wedge garnish, premium soda water
  

Don Julio 70 Cristalino Tequila, the world’s first cristalino añejo, was created to honour founder Don Julio González’s 70th anniversary of tequila making. This limited-edition luxury tequila marries the rich complexity of 18-month-aged añejo with the crisp agave brightness of a blanco, thanks to expert charcoal filtration. Twice distilled and matured in American white oak barrels, it delivers a refined, crystal-clear expression that redefines the tequila experience. Perfect for gifting or savouring, order Don Julio 70 online for fast, secure delivery anywhere in New Zealand. Gift the Extraordinary with COVE 27.

The legend begins in 1942, when a young Don Julio González sees a once in a lifetime opportunity in tequila production. He didn't own much, but what he did possess was a dream and the singular devotion needed to bring it to life.

After sharing his vision with a local businessman, he's granted a loan to start his first tequila distillery, La Primavera, in the Jaliscan Highlands.

For the next forty years, Don Julio González would devote his life to making the world's finest tequila. Each day he'd wake up early to walk along the agave fields, cutting the grass around each individual plant to protect it. With a coa in hand, he'd carve flavour from every piña, expertly balancing the bitter and sweet leaves of each agave. And when it came time to harvest, he'd harvest each plant one by one, picking only the agaves at optimum maturity and health.

Don Julio didn't think of his agave as a crop, he considered them his children. And through his extraordinary devotion to making exceptional tequila, his legend lives on today.

Sitting 6500 feet above sea level, the highlands of Jalisco is where it all began. It's in this extreme climate, surrounded by rich volcanic soil, where the legendary distillery of La Primavera was founded and Don Julio Tequila was born.

The Jaliscan Highland's warm days, cool nights, and rich clay soil create the perfect microclimate for the cultivation of blue agave. However, its high altitudes make it difficult and physically demanding to farm and harvest crops. Don Julio González knew this but stayed in the highlands, and endured the extreme conditions so he could create the world's finest tequila. His devotion to his craft truly knew no limits. The result? A tequila with exceptional substance and indisputable spirit.

Since 1947, over three generations of the Jimador families have worked with Don Julio. Their devotion to Don Julio's process and methods is unmatched and their mastery in planting, farming and harvesting agave have been passed on for generations and can be traced back to Don Julio himself.

Instead of harvesting entire agave fields at once, our Jimadors painstakingly harvest plant by plant, expertedly assessing the age and health of every agave. To increase the quality of their harvest, they handpick and uniformly handcut the agave pencas (leaves) from the piña. Without the devotion and care of our legendary Jimadors, our tequila's exceptional quality wouldn't be possible.

• Double Gold - SIP Awards
• Gold - San Francisco World Spirits Competition
• Gold - International Wine & Spirit Competition
• Silver - World Tequila Awards