In the public of uncommon tequila , the monetary value is often just as much about the sumptuosity bottle as it is about the smooth taste of mellow - qualityliquor . These expensive spirits are not only aged in everything from Cabarnet to Cognac to well - season sherry barrel , they also come in fancy , script - paint ceramic or crystallization decanters .
Let ’s take a feel at some of the most expensive tequila bottles ever sold , including the singlemost expensive tequilain the humanity .
1. Tequila Ley .925 Diamante
Ley tequila holds the Guinness World Record formost expensive bottleful — of anything . The company ’s " pure lily-white atomic number 79 " and " pure platinum " bottle , encrusted with 4,000 baseball field and known variously as Tequila Ley Ultra Premium and Diamante , was sold in 2006 for $ 225,000 . ( Fun fact : That scarce edges out themost expensive Funko Popever sell . )
But you ’re buying more than just the feeding bottle — according toLey .925 , the tequila inside this ultra - expensive bottle is 100 percent blue agave produced by Hacienda La Capilla distillery and " aged up to seven years in French oak tree drum . "
2. Clase Azul 15th Anniversary Edition
In 2017 , Clase Azul celebrated its 15th anniversary by producing 15 amber and gold bottle of tequila that sold for $ 30,000 each . " We did n’t think that we were going to be in the business of selling passing expensive bottle on a regular basis , " founder Arturo Lomeli toldCNNat the clock time .
Today , you may buy a " even " nursing bottle ofClase Azul reposado tequilafor about $ 175 , but the fellowship go on to produce limited - variation bottle , like their Master Artisan series , which retails for around$25,000 .
3. Patrón en Lalique
favor your tequila in a cut - crystal decanter ? Patrón ’s " en Lalique " series start in 2015 , and in 2017 the tequila giant star release Patrón en Lalique Serie 2 .
Patrón en Lalique Serie 3 was released in 2023 and features a quartz glass decanter design by Marc Larminaux , artistic and originative film director atLalique , a Gallic jewellery and glassware company started in1885 . The suggested retail cost is $ 7,500 .
According toPatrón , inside the feeding bottle is " a unique , non - replicable portmanteau word of 14 extra añejo tequilas aged to flawlessness . "
4. Jose Cuervo 250 Anevarsario (Rolling Stones Edition)
This is n’t your local dive bar ’s Jose Cuervo . Jose Cuervo 250 Anevarsariofeatures extra añejo tequila aged for at least three years in Gallic and American oak cask , then mix with even older reserve tequilas and then aged one more year in Spanish sherry barrel .
" As you age tequila in barrel , you recede the agave character and you get more of a barrel reference , and the caramel and crackers flavors , " Food & Wine editor Ray Isle toldMoneyin 2016 .
A " regular " bottleful of Anevarsario retail forover $ 3,000 , but Jose Cuervo ’s most expensive tequila is the Rolling Stones edition , which be $ 4,000 at its release and now sells for around$80,000 .
5. Código 1530 14-year Extra Añejo Double Barrel-Aged
What makesCódigo 1530 ’s $ 3,900 extra añejo tequila " dual barrel - of age " ? After 14 long time of ageing in Cabernet barrels , it gets finished in Cognac barrels .
" We decided to try out with more of our cellared barrel of extra añejo tequila , with extra aging in toasted French Cognac casks for another six month beyond the 14 age , " Código 1530 cofounder and co - CEO Federico " Fede " Vaughan explained in apress release .
Código 1530 released just 400 nursing bottle of this extremist - expensive tequila in 2022 .
