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Cierto Tequila Named Best Extra Añejo at the 2024 New Orleans Spirits Competition

The Most Awarded Tequila in History Wins Nine Medals in Total

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Elevated Spirits Company is pleased to announce that Cierto Tequila received nine (9) medals, including the title of Best Extra Añejo, at the 2024 New Orleans Spirits Competition (NOSC), presented live at Tales of the Cocktail in New Orleans. “We’re thrilled to be honored at the spirits industry’s largest and most prestigious conference, in front of its top experts, connoisseurs, award-winning bartenders and tastemakers,” remarked Cierto Chief Growth Officer Jim Ruane. “What a testament to our Master Distillers’ dedication to crafting authentic, true tequila with zero additives.” With these new honors, Cierto has won nine hundred fifty-one (951) international medals and awards.

About Cierto Tequila and Elevated Spirits Company

The Elevated Spirits Company is the producer of Cierto Tequila – authentic, 100% natural, additive-free, luxury tequila made in Jalisco, Mexico. Cierto means “True,” the perfect word to describe this remarkable award-winning family of tequilas – patiently crafted expressions of pure Highlands agave, harvested by fourth and fifth generation agaveros at peak maturity. The Elevated Spirits portfolio includes the Cierto Private Collection Blanco, Reposado, Añejo and Extra Añejo, as well as the Cierto Reserve Collection Blanco, Reposado, Añejo and Extra Añejo. Due to their character, complexity and luxuriously smooth taste, these eight agave expressions are widely acknowledged by tequila connoisseurs as “The World’s Finest Tequila” and some of the best tequilas ever made. Cierto recently became the first tequila brand to surpass 950 international medals and awards, making it “The Most Awarded Tequila in History.”

For press or other inquiries, please contact press@ciertotequila.com.

About New Orleans Spirits Competition

The New Orleans Spirits Competition is an international spirits judging, bringing wider recognition to fine beverages and spirits from top-flight producers across the globe. Presented by the Tales of the Cocktail Foundation, each spirit is tasted blind by a panel of industry experts, without identification, to ensure integrity and secrecy. The judging panels include preeminent industry professionals, including award-winning bartenders and distillers, decorated beverage writers and industry luminaries. Awards are presented during Tales of the Cocktail, the largest and most prestigious cocktail conference.

Elevated Spirits Company


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Cierto Tequila Named Best Extra Añejo at the 2024 New Orleans Spirits Competition
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