founded 1873 founder don cenobio sauza headquarters guadalajara mexico products sauza conmemorativo hornitos tres generaciones website sauza tequila sauza tequila import company is a producer of tequila located in tequila a municipality of the state of jalisco mexico . it was founded in 1873 when don cenobio sauza started la perseverancia distillery . sauza tequila import company is owned by beam suntory headquartered in the chicago suburb of deerfield illinois . their products include sauza conmemorativo hornitos tres generaciones . contents 1 history 1.1 three generations of sauza dons 1.1.1 don cenobio sauza 1.1.2 don eladio sauza 1.1.3 don francisco javier sauza 1.2 business acquisition 2 products 2.1 sauza tequila 2.2 conmemorativo 2.3 hornitos 2.4 tres generaciones 3 awards 4 references 5 external links history edit three generations of sauza dons edit don cenobio sauza edit in 1873 don cenobio sauza founded sauza at la perseverancia distillery . he was the first distiller to call the spirit produced from blue agave plant tequila and the first to export the drink to the united states . 1 don eladio sauza edit his son don eladio sauza was born in tequila in 1883 . when he was old enough to continue the family tradition he expanded the family business by opening branches in monterrey and mexico city and a concession in spain . 2 don francisco javier sauza edit in 1931 his son don francisco javier sauza took over the business to keep the family legacy by broadening distribution and its reputation as one of the highest quality tequilas in the world . 3 business acquisition edit by the 1970s demand for tequila was increasing worldwide . sauza distillery formed a partnership with the leading spanish brandy producer pedro domecq . this relationship eventually led to pedro domecq s complete purchase of sauza distillery in 1988 . when allied lyons acquired pedro domecq in 1994 allied domecq was formed . the brand was purchased by fortune brands on july 26 2005 4 which spun off various other product lines to form beam inc. in october 2011 . on monday january 13 2014 suntory announced a deal to buy beam inc. for about 13.6 billion . the acquisition was completed on april 30 2014 for a final cost of about 16 billion when it was also announced that beam would be renamed as beam suntory . suntory beverage & food ltd trades on the tokyo stock exchange 2587 . sauza tequila products are still distilled at la perseverancia nom 1102 . products edit sauza tequila edit sauza blanco double distilled unaged sauza extra gold double distilled unaged 40 % abv sauza blue silver 100 % agave double distilled unaged 5 sauza blue reposado 100 % agave double distilled rested in oak casks conmemorativo edit sauza conmemorativo 100 % agave since 2012 . aged 18 months in oak bourbon casks long enough to be called a ejo 6 hornitos edit hornitos plata 100 % blue agave double distilled unaged hornitos reposado 100 % blue agave double distilled rested two months in 10 000 gallon oak vats hornitos a ejo 100 % blue agave double distilled aged at least 12 months in american oak barrels hornitos black barrel takes the standard hornitos anejo tequila aged for a year in traditional oak barrels and then finishes that tequila in heavily charred american oak casks for four months and then moves it to a toasted american oak barrel for another two months . tres generaciones edit tres generaciones plata 100 % blue agave triple distilled unaged . tres generaciones reposado 100 % blue agave triple distilled aged at least four months in american oak barrels tres generaciones a ejo 100 % blue agave triple distilled aged at least 12 months in toasted american oak barrels awards edit sauza s offerings have met with modest success at international spirit ratings competitions . its best showing was for its hacienda reposado tequila which won a gold rating at the 2006 san francisco world spirits competition . its extra gold tequila has not performed particularly well winning only a bronze at the 2007 san francisco world spirits competition and scoring an 81 from the beverage testing institute in the same year . references edit in search of the blue agave in search of the blue agave cocktail times cocktail times sauza introduces sauza blue a 100 % agave tequila cocktail enthusiast april 18 2011 . retrieved may 6 2011 . tequila.net external links edit official sauza tequila website cocktail times retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title sauza tequila & oldid 722373308 categories tequilabeam suntory navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite 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