Reserva de la Familia Añejo Cristalino Organico may not be not the first cristalino to come from the greater Jose Cuervo brand family, but it marks the first in the Reserva lineup, and it is in fact the first Reserva añejo expression (the others are blanco, reposado, and extra añejo). The brand hosted a group of media at the distillery in the town of Tequila recently to try the new Cristalino, which is made at the facility where other Reserva expressions are produced (Cuervo operates a few different distilleries that employ various production methods depending on which brand is made there). Reserva de la Familia Cristalino is made from organically grown agave harvested at average age of seven years old.

The tequila is then matured for a minimum of one year in virgin American oak barrels (no second-use barrels are used for Reserva), before being finished for about six months in Pedro Ximenez casks from Spain. According to the brand, those aging times may vary depending on flavor profile of an individual batch. Finally, the tequila undergoes a proprietary filtration process to remove the color.