The king of tequilas

The Jimador Reposado won a Double Gold Medal and Jimador Añejo won a gold medal at San Francisco World Spirits Competition. Meanwhile, Ultimate Challenge Spirits awarded the highest scores on Jimador Reposado and Anejo, each receiving 92 points (excellent, highly recommended).

For the second consecutive year, won top prizes in Jimador prestigious tournaments in spirits. The Jimador tequila still produced in traditional way, using traditional methods such as cooking the agave in clay ovens and fermenting naturally with wild yeast.

"I am very pleased that every year our tequilas are being selected and continue to receive accolades from leading industry experts spirits," said Salvador Alvarez, CEO of Brown-Forman Tequilas. "Receiving this validation by the panel of judges in these competitions encourages us to continue offering products of excellent quality tequila aficionados."

San Francisco World Spirits Competition is the first comprehensive international competition spirits ever organized in the United States annually. The rating is based on a consensual procedure that ensures the integrity blind competitive annual competition making this the most respected and recognized in the field of spirits. During 2012 competition saw a record number of contestants drinks: 1215 products from 61 countries were evaluated by 34 of the finest palates of spirit drinks sector, including 12 new judges. These panels of judges were composed of experts in spirits from reputable restaurants and hotels, senior journalists of major national media, spirits buyers for large suppliers and consultants in spirits. Most of the contestants are awarded bronze, silver and gold by the taste panel. However, brands that are categorized as unanimous gold medal by the panel, they are given the distinction of medal "double gold".

The Ultimate Spirits Challenge (USC) offers producers, importers and marketers of spirits the opportunity to obtain an objective and documented support of their products. Its mission is to identify spirits have the best quality when compared to its competitors in the category. Contestants drinks exceeded 650 (representing an increase of 15% compared to 2011) from more than 70 companies and 30 countries. Fourteen of the top experts in the field of spirits, including authors, buyers, educators and bar owners, rated the contestants using an innovative system of multiple levels.