NOM 1487 is Bacardí y Compañía’s distillery in Arandas, in the Jalisco highlands. It produces Cazadores, which is 100% agave, and Camino Real, which is not. The contrast is the single best worked example of why a NOM number is worth reading.
NOM 1487 at a glance
| NOM | 1487 |
|---|---|
| Distillery | Bacardí y Compañía, S.A. de C.V. |
| Location | Arandas, Jalisco |
| Brands recorded | Cazadores · Camino Real |
| Bottles in our reference sheet | 3 |
Bottles made at NOM 1487
| Brand | Expression | Type | ABV | 100% agave? | Additive-free |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cazadores | Reposado | reposado | 38% (MX) | yes | — |
| Camino Real | Blanco | blanco | — | no | — |
| Camino Real | Gold / Reposado | joven | 36% | no | — |
“Additive-free” records an inspection carried out before October 2024, when the public verified list was withdrawn. It is a historical record, not a check you can repeat today — here is why. A dash means no inspection was ever published, which is not an accusation.
Same building, two different products
Cazadores is 100% agave and widely stocked. The Mexican-market Reposado is bottled at 38%, below the 40% the United States requires — both figures are legal under NOM-006-SCFI, which permits anything from 35% to 55%.
Camino Real is a mixto. The Gold is bottled at 36%, which is the lowest strength recorded anywhere in our bottle reference sheet and entirely legal.
Nothing about NOM 1487 tells you which of those two you are holding. The distillery is the same. What separates them is printed on the front in small type.
Read it off the bottle yourself
The photograph below is the back label of a Cazadores Reposado, showing NOM 1487 alongside “CAZADORES DE ARANDAS” and the CRT mark. This is where to look on any bottle.
NOM 1487: common questions
Which tequila brands are made at NOM 1487?
Cazadores and Camino Real. We currently have 3 bottles from this distillery recorded, listed in the table above.
Is everything from NOM 1487 100% agave?
No. Cazadores is 100% agave; Camino Real is mixto, meaning up to 49% of the fermentable sugars can come from cane or corn rather than agave. The NOM number is identical either way — only the front label tells you which you are holding.
Where is NOM 1487?
Bacardí y Compañía, S.A. de C.V., in Arandas, Jalisco.
Related
- The full NOM directory — every distillery recorded so far
- What the NOM number means
- How to read a tequila label
- Additive-free tequila: the verified list is gone
- The five types of tequila