Hacienda de Chihuahua (Sotol)

Hacienda de Chihuahua is a sotol producer operated by the Elías-Madero family from the historic Hacienda Tabalaopa estate in the state of Chihuahua, a property that has produced sotol since 1881. The company was founded in 1996 and describes itself as "rooted in a deep passion for spirits passed down through generations," building on the estate's prior production history rather than starting it.

Sotol is distilled from Dasylirion, a desert plant related to but botanically distinct from agave, native to Chihuahua, Coahuila, and Durango; sotol received Mexican Denominación de Origen protection in 2002, restricting legal production to those three states. Hacienda de Chihuahua's own site states the family "played a key role in securing Denomination of Origin status to protect the unique heritage of sotol," and that it founded the first Mexican Sotol Council to help set quality standards for the category. Independent reporting corroborates that Hacienda de Chihuahua was the first major sotol brand to reach the US market, arriving in 2006–2007.

The site as fetched does not specify which Dasylirion species the distillery uses or detail its harvesting and fermentation methods, so those specifics are not asserted here. What is documented directly is the 1881 estate production history, the 1996 founding of the modern company, the Elías-Madero family ownership, and the house's stated role in establishing sotol's Denominación de Origen and regulatory council.