It's one of my least palatable sayings but it has its moments....I guess we'll have to agree to disagree. My feeling is that Oro is indeed a tequila and that the terms following the comma act to describe it but don't redefine it.
So I agree with this: "Tequila is an ingredient in Oro, in other words." But I don't agree with this: "But Oro is not a tequila." It's a flavored tequila.
The name Besado Anejo had to go because it's not aged over a year (as it was supposed to have been). Oro was simply selected in its stead. Frankly I don't know why the term tequila was relegated to the small print, but comma notwithstanding it's still on the bottle.
I think we agree on everything else. That's good enough for me.
and it isn't even required by TTB. I realize it's just "details", but the more likely hold-up was an agreement with an APPROVED tequila brand, as well as a distiller.
Oro is a fanciful name of Besado, which is 100% Gold Tequila that has been lightly infused as the APPROVED label states.
The fact they are using tequila means they had to have an APPROVED tequila to infuse.