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Alquimia

Alquimia
Añejo Tequila

Category: Añejo Tequila

Date Tasted:
Country: Mexico
Alcohol: 40%
87 Points
Silver Medal
Highly Recommended
$68

Alquimia
Añejo Tequila

Category: Añejo Tequila

Date Tasted:
Country: Mexico
Alcohol: 40%
Light gold color. Aromas and flavors of scorched butterscotch, bananas foster, caramel corn, and coconut with a round, vibrant, dryish medium body and an engaging, medium-long finish conveying accents of caramel sauce on a roasted banana, vanilla and coconut cream, and caramel corn. An Añejo Tequila for lovers of Bourbon and barrel-aged Rums; fruity and loaded with richly flavored barrel characteristics.

Tasting Info

Spirits Glass Style: Rich & Full
Aroma Aroma: scorched butterscotch, bananas foster, caramel corn, and coconut
Taste Flavor: Same as aromas with accents of caramel sauce on a roasted banana, vanilla and coconut cream, and caramel corn
Smoothness Smoothness: Normal
Finish Finish: Long
Enjoy Enjoy: neat and with cigars
Bottom Line Bottom Line: An Añejo Tequila for lovers of Bourbon and barrel-aged Rums; fruity and loaded with richly flavored barrel characteristics.

The Producer or Importer

Alquimia Organic Tequila

The Producer or  Importer
961 W. 7th Street
Oxnard, CA 93030
USA
1 805-240-1577

Anejo Tequila

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Serve in a Copita
Añejo ("old") Tequila is aged in wooden barrels (usually old Bourbon barrels) for a minimum of 12 months. The best-quality añejos are aged 18 months to three years Beyond three years they can be called extra añejo.

Aging takes place in barrels formerly used to mature bourbon and rarely Cognac. Those aged in the latter vessels have more of a mellow edge, with aromas ranging from vanilla to tobacco, while those aged in former bourbon barrels often have notes of dill and coconut from the American oak. Añejo tequilas should be sipped neat, after dinner in a copita or snifter and perhaps enjoyed with a cigar.