NOM 1122 is Tequila Cuervo La Rojeña, S.A. de C.V. — the Casa Cuervo group. It is also, by some distance, the number I own more bottles from than any other: seven bottles across five labels.
Those seven run from a mixto that sells for under twenty dollars to an extra añejo that costs more than the other six put together. Same four digits on every one of them. If you have ever seen a NOM quoted as though it were a quality rating, this is the page that settles it.
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NOM 1122 at a glance
| NOM | 1122 |
|---|---|
| Company | Tequila Cuervo La Rojeña, S.A. de C.V. — the Casa Cuervo group |
| Plants recorded under it | At least two — La Rojeña in Tequila, and Ex Hacienda Los Camichines in Zapotlanejo |
| La Rojeña founded | 1795 — the oldest working distillery in the category |
| Regions | Two — the Valles (Tequila) and the Centro region (Zapotlanejo, east of Guadalajara) |
| Brands recorded | Jose Cuervo · Gran Centenario · 1800 · Maestro Dobel · Tenampa Azul |
| On my own shelf | Seven bottles, five labels |
| Verified first-hand | Yes — NOM 1122 and the Los Camichines street address read off my own Gran Centenario Azul |
Brands recorded at NOM 1122
| Brand | Expressions recorded at 1122 | Where to buy |
|---|---|---|
| Jose Cuervo | Especial (mixto) · Tradicional · Reserva de la Familia · Cinge | Reserva de la Familia · Especial Silver |
| Gran Centenario | Plata · Azul · Reposado · Añejo · Leyenda · Reserva del Tequilero · Rosangel | — |
| 1800 | Essential Collection · Añejo · Cristalino · Colección · Edición del Nuevo Milenio | — |
| Maestro Dobel | Diamante Reposado · the 50 extra añejo | — |
| Tenampa Azul | Silver · Reposado | — |
Roughly twenty-five products in total, spread across two plants and a 230-year gap in the histories of the buildings that make them. One registration number covers the lot.
The seven bottles on my shelf
| Bottle | Type | Qty | 100% agave? | Where to buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1800 Essential (Artist Series 12) | blanco | 3 | yes | — |
| Gran Centenario Azul | reposado | 1 | yes — read off the glass | — |
| Gran Centenario Añejo | añejo | 1 | yes | — |
| Maestro Dobel 50 | extra añejo | 1 | yes | — |
| Jose Cuervo Especial | reposado | 1 | No — a mixto | Check price |
Read that table again with only the last two rows in view. Maestro Dobel 50 and Jose Cuervo Especial carry the same NOM. One is a filtered extra añejo sold as a luxury item; the other is the bottle at the well of half the bars in America, and it is not even 100% agave — by law a mixto can be up to 49% other sugars.
No amount of reading the four digits would have told you which was which. That is not a flaw in the system; it is what the system is for. A NOM identifies a producer, not a grade — and this is the clearest example of that on my own shelf. If the mixto line is what you are trying to get straight, silver versus gold is where it bites hardest.
What my Gran Centenario bottle actually says
Printed on the glass, on the back of my Gran Centenario Azul:
GRAN CENTENARIO®
EX HACIENDA LOS CAMICHINES,
REFORMA No. 100, LA LAJA, ZAPOTLANEJO,
JALISCO, C.P. 45430, MÉXICO
NOM 1122 CRT
HECHO EN MEXICO 700 ml
| Expression | Reposado |
|---|---|
| Agave | 100% DE AGAVE |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| NOM | 1122, beside the CRT mark |
| Plant named on the bottle | Ex Hacienda Los Camichines |
| Address on the bottle | Reforma No. 100, La Laja, Zapotlanejo, Jalisco, C.P. 45430 |
| Market | Mexican — Spanish-only back label, Mexican health warning, 700 ml |
Two details worth pulling out. First, this is a Mexican-market bottle: 700 ml rather than the US 750, a Spanish-only back, and the Mexican health warning rather than the US Surgeon General text. Second, the back copy states a rest of two months in white oak — which is exactly the legal minimum for a reposado, not a month more.
That is a pattern I keep finding. The elaborate bottles on my shelf sit at 35% alcohol, the legal floor. This reposado sits at the legal floor for aging. Minimums are where a great deal of tequila actually lives, and nothing on the front of a bottle ever says so. The alcohol version of the same finding.
One number, two buildings, two regions
NOM 1122 is not a distillery. It is a company, and the company runs more than one plant:
| La Rojeña | Ex Hacienda Los Camichines | |
|---|---|---|
| Town | Tequila, Jalisco | Zapotlanejo, Jalisco |
| Region | The Valles — the lowlands | Centro, east of Guadalajara |
| Founded | 1795 | — |
| Address | 73 Calle José Cuervo, Tequila 46400 | Reforma No. 100, La Laja, C.P. 45430 — read off my bottle |
| Brands recorded there | 1800 · Maestro Dobel · Reserva de la Familia | Gran Centenario |
So a brand-to-region lookup for “NOM 1122” returns one answer and is wrong a good deal of the time. My 1800 and my Gran Centenario share a number and do not share a building, a town, or a region. The directory records this where it can.
A correction to an earlier version of this finding
This site previously described NOM 1122 as spanning “the lowlands and the highlands.” The second half of that was wrong. Zapotlanejo sits in the Centro region, east of Guadalajara — not in Los Altos. The finding itself survives, because 1122 does genuinely cover two regions; it is the Valles and Centro, not the Valles and the highlands.
Corrected 23 September 2026, prompted by reading the address off my own bottle. Published corrections are kept on the page rather than quietly edited out, because a reference site that hides its own errors is asking you to trust something it will not show you.
1795
La Rojeña has been distilling in the town of Tequila since 1795, which makes it the oldest working distillery in the category and one of the oldest in the Americas. It still cooks in masonry ovens and runs copper pot stills, alongside the volume equipment you would expect at this scale.
It is worth sitting with the fact that the four digits on that 230-year-old distillery are also the four digits on a well mixto. Age, prestige and price are brand decisions. The NOM is just the address.
NOM 1122: quick answers
Which tequila brands are made at NOM 1122?
Jose Cuervo, Gran Centenario, 1800, Maestro Dobel and Tenampa Azul are all recorded at NOM 1122, across roughly 25 products. They are made in more than one plant under the same company registration.
Is Jose Cuervo Especial 100% agave?
No. Jose Cuervo Especial is a mixto, which by law may be up to 49% sugars other than blue agave. A 100% agave bottle must say so on the label; if the words are absent, the bottle is a mixto. Where that line sits on any label.
Is Gran Centenario a highland tequila?
Not on the evidence of my bottle. It names Ex Hacienda Los Camichines in Zapotlanejo, which is in the Centro region east of Guadalajara rather than in Los Altos. Sources that call it a highland tequila are worth checking against the bottle in your hand.
Does NOM 1122 mean one distillery?
No, and this is the common misreading. A NOM identifies the registered producer, and a producer can operate more than one plant. NOM 1122 covers at least two, in two different regions.
Are 1800 and Jose Cuervo the same tequila?
They share a company and a NOM, and some expressions share the La Rojeña distillery. They are not the same liquid: different agave sourcing, different aging, and in the case of Cuervo Especial, a different category entirely. The same question, at another shared distillery.
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