Australia growsagave now.

A new category

Not a tequila.Not pretending to be.

Tequila is a place, not a plant. The blue Weber agave that made Jalisco famous grows just as well 3,000km south of the equator. When it does, it tastes like somewhere else entirely.

Wet-season heat, mineral red basalt, and a dry winter give our agave a different sugar profile and a different finish. We don't borrow Mexican words for it. We just make it, and let the glass argue the case.

Terroir

Red basalt, wet season, dry winter.

The Atherton Tablelands sit on ancient volcanic soil: free-draining, mineral-heavy, and stained the deep red of iron oxide. Agave planted here takes about six years to mature, drinking a monsoon every summer and drying out hard every winter.

That swing is the whole point. It stresses the plant, concentrates the sugars, and leaves a mineral, faintly saline edge in the finished spirit that no other agave-growing region produces.

Same agave, same still, same hands. The only variable is time in oak, and we use reconditioned Barossa Shiraz casks, not ex-bourbon.

The cask

Barossa Shiraz oak. Nobody in Mexico can do this.

Rested and Aged both mature in reconditioned American oak that held Barossa Shiraz first, blister-charred before filling. It's the single most Australian decision in the build: red-wine tannin and dark fruit meeting roasted agave, six months for Rested and two full years for Aged.

Ex-bourbon barrels are the global default. We had better wood 2,500km down the road.

Inside the process→

Judged blind against the world's agave spirits at the International Wine & Spirit Competition and the London Spirits Competition, 2024 – 2025.

Serve

The Australian Margarita

45mL Silver, 25mL fresh lime, 20mL orange liqueur, salt on half the rim. The Silver's mineral edge meets the lime head-on instead of dissolving into it. Sharper, drier, more savoury than the standard build.

Buy a bottle

Taste what this country does to agave.

Order direct from the distillery, or find Agave Australis behind a bar or on a shelf near you.

Ships Australia-wide from Mt Uncle Distillery · 18+ · Also stocked at the distillery shop ↗ · Trade: sales@mtuncle.com