Don Felix Banuelos Jimenez

MR. FÉLIX BAÑUELOS JIMENEZ, a successful businessman, immigrated to the United States at the age of 17, where he has worked for a long time. Upon returning to his homeland, he acquired a grocery store where he worked for a couple of years. Later, he changed directions and founded a transportation line in Guadalajara covering the entire Pacific with its routes. Seeing an opportunity in the sweet town of Arandas Jalisco, he started in 1960 one of the strongest and most important sweet companies in Mexico, Productor de Leche la Vaquita, which he worked until 1979 when it was sold.

In 1973, MR. FÉLIZ BAÑUELOS JIMENEZ, began in the tequila industry, founding an important company that became a leader in Mexico and the United States, which was sold in 2002 to a transnational wine company with great import. The experience of the BAÑUELOS FAMILY in the tequila industry goes beyond 59 years, that is why «More than a Tequila, a Tradition» governs our origin.

Tequila Hacienda Vieja Reposado 100% Agave is a tequila made under the strictest quality standard procedures, using SELECT AGAVE owned by the BAÑUELOS FAMILY at its optimum stage, also following the double distillation process, Tequila Hacienda Vieja Reposado 100% rests in white oak barrels for a minimum period of 90 days and is produced in the original distillery where DON FÉLIX BAÑUELOS JIMENEZ STARTED as a tequila maker in the 70’s. Tequila Hacienda Vieja Reposado 100% Agave to date remains under the control of the BAÑUELOS FAMILY.