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Gran Centenario
Añejo Tequila

Category: Añejo Tequila

Date Tasted: 5/4/2022

Country: Mexico

Alcohol: 40%

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94 Points

Gold Medal

Exceptional

$35

Gran Centenario
Añejo Tequila

Category: Añejo Tequila

Date Tasted: 5/4/2022

Country: Mexico

Alcohol: 40%

Gold color. Aromas and flavors of rubber, matchsticks, candied pecans, polished wood, parchment paper, barrel cured tobacco, saffron, cognac, and sun dried tomato with a round, lively, dry-yet-fruity medium body and a peppery, complex, medium-length finish revealing notes of dried red fruits, christmas cake, tart cherries, carob, leather, cured meats, savory, sage, and pine. A unique, complex, and daring añejo with hints of tobacco and pecans.

Tasting Info

	Style:	Spicy & Complex
	Aroma:	rubber, matchsticks, candied pecans, polished wood, parchment paper, barrel cured tobacco, saffron, cognac, and sun dried tomato
	Flavor:	Same as aromas with notes of dried red fruits, christmas cake, tart cherries, carob, leather, cured meats, savory, sage, and pine
	Smoothness:	Peppery
	Finish:	Normal
	Enjoy:	Enjoy on its own
	Bottom Line:	A unique, complex, and daring añejo with hints of tobacco and pecans.

The Importer

Proximo Spirits

3 Second Street

Suite 1101

Jersey City, NJ 07302

USA

1 800-837-8452

www.proximospirits.com

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Anejo Tequila

Serve in a Copita

About

Añejo Tequila

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.