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Don Rico

Don Rico
Añejo Tequila

Category: Añejo Tequila

Date Tasted:
Country: Mexico
Alcohol: 40%
87 Points
Silver Medal
Highly Recommended
$75

Don Rico
Añejo Tequila

Category: Añejo Tequila

Date Tasted:
Country: Mexico
Alcohol: 40%
Copper color. Aromas of vinegar and rooibos, black pepper and pickling spices, vanilla and old mead, and freshly polished leather shoes with a round, crisp, dry medium-to-full body and a tingling, appealing, long honey, nougat, and marshmallow, toffee and butterscotch, pepper and candied orange, waffle cone, marzipan, chocolate, and and walnut oil finish. Lovely flavors of candied orange and butterscotch that dance on the palate.

Tasting Info

Spirits Glass Style: Spicy & Complex
Aroma Aroma: vinegar and rooibos, black pepper and pickling spices, vanilla and old mead, and freshly polished leather shoes
Taste Flavor: honey, nougat, and marshmallow, toffee and butterscotch, pepper and candied orange, waffle cone, marzipan, chocolate, and and walnut oil
Smoothness Smoothness: Tingling
Finish Finish: Normal
Enjoy Enjoy: Enjoy on its own
Bottom Line Bottom Line: Lovely flavors of candied orange and butterscotch that dance on the palate.

The Producer

Rico Spirits LLC

The Producer

Their Portfolio

92 Don Rico Blanco Tequila 40% (Mexico) $45.00.
85 Don Rico Reposado Tequila 40% (Mexico) $55.00.
87 Don Rico Añejo Tequila 40% (Mexico) $75.00.

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.

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