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We were lucky enough to catch Tomas Estes’ session on tequila terroir at Agave Love back in March, and he illuminated how the geography and geology of the Highlands and the Tequila Valley influence the agaves grown there.

The textbook idea of what is terroir is this: with wine, it means that there is a sense of place that you can taste in the wine. That sense of place is derived from the soil, the climate, the aspect upon which the vineyard sits, the slope of the vineyard, and the yeast culture of the place.