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Añejo Tequila

Category: Añejo Tequila

Date Tasted:
Country: Mexico
Alcohol: 40%
87 Points
Silver Medal
Highly Recommended
$29

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Añejo Tequila

Category: Añejo Tequila

Date Tasted:
Country: Mexico
Alcohol: 40%
Light clear amber color. Tropical, fruity, creamy aromas and flavors of banana desserts, warm honey, bitter and sweet chocolate, S’Mores pastry, orange cream, ice cream, bitterness, and woody with a creamy, vibrant, fruity sweet medium body and a warming, delightful, medium-length finish with suggestions of chocolate covered raisins, figs, dates, cinnamon butter, caramelized nuts, walnuts and peanuts, baking spices, sweet tea, and tobacco. A sweet treat in a glass; a good transition for Bourbon drinkers looking to explore agave.

Tasting Info

Spirits Glass Style: Bitter & Candied
Aroma Aroma: banana desserts, warm honey, bitter and sweet chocolate, S'Mores pastry, orange cream, ice cream, bitterness, and woody
Taste Flavor: Same as aromas with suggestions of chocolate covered raisins, figs, dates, cinnamon butter, caramelized nuts, walnuts and peanuts, baking spices, sweet tea, and tobacco
Smoothness Smoothness: Warming
Enjoy Enjoy: in cocktails, on the rocks, with cigars and shots
Cocktail Cocktails: Paloma, Sangrita, Tommy's Margarita
Bottom Line Bottom Line: A sweet treat in a glass; a good transition for Bourbon drinkers looking to explore agave.

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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.