The roots
Land, family, and agave. In 2000, Romita became part of the Tequila Denomination of Origin.
ROMITA · GUANAJUATO · SINCE 1953
Before it became tequila, it was an obsession.
Don Luis planted agave where no one else saw a future. Three generations later, that resolve brings Romita and Arandas together in every bottle of El Ateo.
THREE GENERATIONS
What we choose today began in 1953.
- 1953Don Luis plants the family’s first agaves in Romita.
- 2000Luis Ángel helps bring Romita into the Tequila Denomination of Origin.
- 2021The third generation turns that legacy into El Ateo.
EX HACIENDA DE SILVA
A house that still breathes.
Built in the early twentieth century, Ex Hacienda de Silva preserves the arches, corridors, and patina of an era that still lives in Romita.
Don Luis acquired it in the middle of the last century. The family has cared for it ever since, surrounded by the agaves that began this story.
“At night, they say, his footsteps can still be heard along the corridors.”
ORIGIN AND TRANSFORMATION
Romita grows. Arandas transforms.
The method
Cooking, tahona extraction, double distillation, and bottling turn the field into a precise expression.
The public record of the Tequila Regulatory Council identifies Plantaciones Tequilana and lists El Ateo among its brands. “Single Brand NOM” is how the brand communicates that relationship; it is not an additional regulatory category.
A METHOD WITHOUT SHORTCUTS
Faith, measured.
Four visible decisions. One uncompromising standard, from the land to the bottle.
01
Agave
Tequilana Weber · Villalobos familyEverything begins in Romita: family-tended agave and hands that understand the land before any formula.
02
Cooking
Brick ovens · Slow heatThe agave hearts reach Arandas for a patient cook that transforms the agave without disguising its origin.
03
Tahona
Stone-crushed extraction · Fiber and mineralExtraction preserves texture, pulse, and character. Here, weight does the work and haste stays outside.
04
Distillation
Double distillation · Steel and copperTwo distillations refine the profile until it is clean, precise, and unmistakable in every expression.
MANIFIESTO
Questioning was the beginning. Doing it right is the proof.
El Ateo does not inherit truths; it puts them to the test. It trusts science, respects nature, and welcomes those who think differently.
This bottle exists because a family questioned convention, cared for its land, and turned stubborn conviction into method.
In Tequila We Trust.