Bacanora is a traditional, yet rare, Mexican spirit strenuously regulated to ensure the complex and singular flavors of agave are showcased, never diluted, and never compromised.

Law demands Bacanora be made from 100% Agave Pacifica ~ Angustifolia Haw ~ and that the final product to have been grown, distilled, and bottled in one of 35 Sonoran municipalities.

Outlawed between 1915 and 1992, Bacanora was assigned a DOM in 2000 and the world was reintroduced to the mother of all agave spirits.

La Onza™ was founded in 2019 by Mark Jessen, a US / Mexican dual citizen with a well-worn footprint in Álamos, Mexico. Mark's great-grandfather Albert Lott was a miner lured from Canada to the “Silver City” in 1852.

In just four years, Mark has developed a multi-tiered and near fully vertical operation with an agave-first mindset that benefits greatly from his decades-long experience in agriculture, strong relationships in the region, and unflinching belief that Bacanora is not simply another agave spirit but the ultimate agave spirit.