# Distilling Love (2007)

> A country woman's romance with the heir to a tequila fortune unravels when he leaves to study abroad and she is secretly pregnant.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/tv/11723

## Facts

- Seasons: 1
- Episodes: 170
- Episode runtime: 60 min
- Status: Ended
- Genres: drama, romance
- Created by: Fernando Gaitán
- Network: Univision, Las Estrellas
- Cast: Angélica Rivera, Eduardo Yáñez, Sergio Sendel, Chantal Andere, Martha Julia, Ana Martín, Ana Patricia Rojo, Alejandro Tommasi
- TMDB rating: 6.6/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0940629/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: moderate
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: none
- Tone: melodramatic, sentimental, romantic, passionate

## What critics say

Viewers broadly receive the telenovela as a melodramatic romance with mixed rather than strongly acclaimed reception.

## Synopsis

Distilling Love (2007) is a Mexican telenovela created by Fernando Gaitán for Univision and Las Estrellas. Angélica Rivera plays Teresa Hernández García, a young woman from the countryside whose romance with Rodrigo Montalvo Santos (Eduardo Yáñez), grandson of the late owner of a tequila company, is tested when he promises to return and marry her after finishing his studies abroad, unaware she is pregnant. The engine of the story is the gap between what lovers promise and what families, money and pride allow, played out through rival households, hidden identities and secrets that ripple through the Montalvo clan. Sergio Sendel and Chantal Andere add further family tensions around the company and its heirs. Told across a single run of 170 one-hour episodes, the series moves through dramatic reversals and emotional confrontations rather than a procedural case structure. It unfolds in a Mexican tequila-producing world, with rural roots and elite family estates in contrast. The tone is melodramatic and sentimental, with romance, longing and class resentment at its center. Fans of Betty la fea, Rosalinda and Dallas will find resonance in its blend of lavish family conflict and enduring romantic devotion.

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