We recommend that you do not rely solely on the information presented here and that you always read labels, warnings, and directions before using or consuming a product. Few people have done as much for the global reputation of Tequila over recent decades as bar owner, restaurateur and Tequila ambassador Tomas Estes, including the creation of Ocho in partnership with Carlos Camarena, whose family have been making Tequila for almost a century. Between 1995 and 2002, he lived and worked in the Cape, witnessing the renaissance of the post-apartheid wine industry.

The driver will input your year of birth into their device and may then require an ID check to complete the age verification process. A few of these are that it takes an average of eight years for agaves to ripen before harvest, eight kilograms of agave to make one litre of Ocho Tequila, and it took eight different samples for Estes and Camarena to find the perfect recipe. If you continue without changing your cookies settings, we’ll assume you’re happy with the use of all cookies on our site. Carols is a Master Distiller and with the help of Tomas, bar owner, restauranteur and tequila officiando, they produce very fine single estate tequila at La Altena Distillery in Jalisco. Please always read the labels, warnings, and directions provided with the product before using or consuming a product.Made with 100% Blue Agave (the precise field is marked on the neck of the bottle), Ocho use traditional methods from brick ovens, 4-5 day open vat fermentation using indigenous yeast and a double distillation in a mix of steel and copper stills.

It comes as a result of a collaboration between the Camarena family in Tapatio with Tomos Estes in La Perla. Tequila Ocha is a joint parnership between Tomas Estes and Carlos Camarena who share a love of Mexico, its vivid culture and, of course, very fine agave based spirits. Over the past 25 years, Master of Wine, Richard Kelley has become one of the most respected authorities on South African wine in the UK and beyond. Throughout this fruitful period, he established a healthy rapport with the great and the good of the local wine scene, affording him access to their distinguished cellars.

An estate-grown, 100% Blue Agave Tequila range, OCHO is produced as a collaboration between Tomas Estes (the man credited with bringing the first bottle of Tequila to Europe) and renowned distillers, the Camarena family.