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Casa Maestri

Casa Maestri
Añejo Tequila Reserva

Category: Añejo Tequila

Date Tasted:
Country: Mexico
Alcohol: 40%
85 Points
Silver Medal
Highly Recommended
$89

Casa Maestri
Añejo Tequila Reserva

Category: Añejo Tequila

Date Tasted:
Country: Mexico
Alcohol: 40%
Gold color. Aromas and flavors of honey, caramel sauce, maple syrup, sesame and ginger candy, candied orange, and cream soda with a round, crisp, dry-yet-fruity medium body and a tingling, interesting, medium-long finish with notes of vanilla toffee and pralines, cinnamon coffee cake, butterscotch, and chocolate chip cookie, caramel and sweet mole, and angel food cake and cinnamon. Intense sweetness on the nose that rolls into some spicy dryness to finish; rich and sweet barrel characteristics abound.

Tasting Info

Spirits Glass Style: Spicy & Complex
Aroma Aroma: honey, caramel sauce, maple syrup, sesame and ginger candy, candied orange, and cream soda
Taste Flavor: Same as aromas with notes of vanilla toffee and pralines, cinnamon coffee cake, butterscotch, and chocolate chip cookie, caramel and sweet mole, and angel food cake and cinnamon
Smoothness Smoothness: Tingling
Finish Finish: Long
Enjoy Enjoy: neat, on the rocks, with cigars and with drops of water
Bottom Line Bottom Line: Intense sweetness on the nose that rolls into some spicy dryness to finish; rich and sweet barrel characteristics abound.

The Producer

Destiladora Del Valle de Tequila

The Producer
2909 Hilcroft Street, Suite 255
Houston, TX 77057
USA
1 -713-705-3051

Their Portfolio

92 Casa Maestri Blanco Tequila Reserva 40% (Mexico) $59.00.
BR Casa Maestri Reposado Tequila Reserva 40% (Mexico) $69.00. - Bronze Medal
BR Casa Maestri Añejo Tequila Reserva 40% (Mexico) $89.00. - Bronze Medal
87 Casa Maestri Reposado Tequila Reserva 40% (Mexico) $69.00.
85 Casa Maestri Añejo Tequila Reserva 40% (Mexico) $89.00.
94 Casa Maestri Blanco Mezcal 45% (Mexico) $79.00.
92 Casa Maestri Café Flavored Tequila 35% (Mexico) $70.00.
89 Serv Pink Lemonade Vodka 35% (France) $49.00.
88 Serv Green Apple Vodka 35% (France) $49.00.
87 Serv Mixed Berry Vodka 35% (France) $49.00.
87 Serv Vodka 35% (France) $49.00.
87 Serv Blood Orange Vodka 35% (France) $49.00.
BR Serv Pineapple Vodka 35% (France) $49.00. - Bronze Medal

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.