Top Shelf International’s first Australian agave spirit release under the Act of Treason label has sold out less than a day after going on sale.
Located between Airlie Beach and Bowen in Queensland’s Whitsundays region, Top Shelf International’s farm and distillery is home to more than 600,000 Agave tequilana, the same plant that has been used in the distillation of tequila for centuries in Mexico.
According to the company, Queensland dry tropics, unique terroir, unprecedented agronomy, and a distillery and production facility powered by renewable energy contribute to give Act of Treason its unique flavour and character.
Located 20 degrees south of the equator the location is a mirror image of tequila’s home in Mexico, however only spirits made there can carry the name, hence Act of Treason being described as an “agave spirit”.
Top Shelf International CEO Trent Fraser said: “Act of Treason symbolises the pioneering spirit of a project that will create a new region of agave spirit. The dry tropics of north Queensland are the ideal place for that to occur.
“Like many others producers, we feel there is an opportunity for agave to be shared with the world and for others to put their distinctive imprint on a category that continues to surge in popularity in Australia and overseas.
“Act of Treason has joined the new global era of agave. We’re approaching this as an opportunity to create something new and expand the horizons of a category that has been geographically limited for centuries. In many ways it’s no different to the evolution wine underwent three decades ago.
“If some feel that we’re being treasonous, then so be it. The greater crime would be not doing it all.”
Following the inaugural First Harvest Blanco selling out, Top Shelf International assured consumers: “There was an overwhelming response to the first release of Act of Tequila. The next batch will be available very, very soon!”