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N1 · category

Tequila

Family
Single-distillate spirit
Raw materials
Agave
Place of origin
Jalisco, Mexico
Location map: the indicative position of Tequila, with no outline. Scale: 250 km. 250 km
Indicative marker — a point, and nothing more Indicative position — no outline is loaded

Blue agave distillate, a Mexican designation of origin limited to delimited zones around the state of Jalisco.

The thing to remember

Agave takes several years to mature before harvest — an agricultural constraint rare among spirits.

Terroirs and geographical indications

The recognised production areas attached to this category in the Atlas.

  • Tequila Geographical indication registered in the European Union · Mexico

Sources and validation

Sources of the corpus
Names and statuses: eAmbrosia, the official register of geographical indications of the European Union. Geometries: INAO, Délimitation des aires géographiques des SIQO (27/07/2026), Licence Ouverte v2.0, reprojected to WGS84.
Corpus updated on
1 August 2026
Validation
Seed entry Corpus under construction. Each entry is checked and sourced before validation by the future scholarly board. Protection status and mode of location are carried by each entry: an area delimited by a product specification and a reference-town point do not carry the same weight.

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