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Methodology
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  · Exact tag match
  · Brand word-start or tag match
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Search cards show only CRT registry identity fields and education fields that exist on the record. They do not display taste, additive, price, quality, score, or bottle preference claims.

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Production method
Run 1 — Registry Matches
Recommendations verify CRT registry identity only. Preference fit may use app-curated guidance for style, region, method, aging, and budget; it does not verify additive-free status, production method, price, quality, or availability.

Start with the category on your bottle, narrow the flavor family, and then choose the note that matches what you are tasting.

The Hub grounds answers in these three source pillars only.

Mexico · Primary Regulator
Consejo Regulador del Tequila
CRT
The governing body for tequila certification, NOM registration, and denomination of origin enforcement.
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Mexico · IP & DO Authority
Instituto Mexicano de la Propiedad Industrial
IMPI
The federal authority that issues and amends the Denomination of Origin "Tequila" declarations published in the Diario Oficial de la Federación.
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Mexico · National Standard
NOM-006-SCFI-2012
NOM-006
The official Mexican standard governing tequila production — categories, aging, agave thresholds, geography, and labeling.
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Tequila Categories
Blanco through Extra Añejo — legal aging requirements, category definitions, and the contested cristalino term.
NOM-006CRTAging
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Denomination of Origin
The protected tequila geography across five Mexican states, including highland and lowland context.
GeographyDOCRT
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Additive Rules
The permitted 1% abocado framework, common additive types, and ways to verify claims carefully.
AdditivesNOM-006Verification
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Reading a NOM Number
How NOM numbers identify certified facilities and why multiple brands can share one producer record.
NOMRegistryProducer
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Highland vs Lowland
Regional context for Los Altos and Tequila Valley, from elevation and soils to broad sensory tendencies.
RegionTerroirJalisco
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Production Methods
From autoclave to brick oven, tahona to diffuser — how major production choices shape the final spirit.
ProductionMethodsNOM-006
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The Consejo Regulador del Tequila publishes live agave production, tequila category output, and export figures via its official Power BI dashboard. Embedded below as CRT publishes it — no Hub interpretation, no inferred numbers.

Source: Consejo Regulador del Tequila · published via Microsoft Power BI · also available directly at crt.org.mx/EstadisticasCRTweb

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