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Santo

Santo
Añejo Tequila

Category: Añejo Tequila

Date Tasted:
Country: Mexico
Alcohol: 40%
88 Points
Silver Medal
Highly Recommended
$74

Santo
Añejo Tequila

Category: Añejo Tequila

Date Tasted:
Country: Mexico
Alcohol: 40%
Golden yellow color. Aromas and flavors of vanilla cream, bees wax, almond paste, and lemon oil with a velvety, lively, dryish medium body and a warming, charming, medium-length finish displaying notes of honey nut cheerios on butter pecan ice cream, cigar box, candied lemon zest, and coconut cream. A delicately aged Añejo with just enough barrel flavor to compliment the underlying earthy and herbaceous qualities of the agave.

Tasting Info

Spirits Glass Style: Crisp & Lively
Aroma Aroma: vanilla cream, bees wax, almond paste, and lemon oil
Taste Flavor: Same as aromas with notes of honey nut cheerios on butter pecan ice cream, cigar box, candied lemon zest, and coconut cream
Smoothness Smoothness: Warming
Finish Finish: Normal
Enjoy Enjoy: neat, on the rocks and with cigars
Bottom Line Bottom Line: A delicately aged Añejo with just enough barrel flavor to compliment the underlying earthy and herbaceous qualities of the agave.

The Producer

Santo

The Producer
Jalisco,
Mexico

Their Portfolio

92 Santo Blanco Tequila 40% (Mexico) $49.00.
95 Santo Reposado Tequila 40% (Mexico) $59.00.
94 Santo Mezquila 40% (Mexico) $59.99.
88 Santo Añejo Tequila 40% (Mexico) $74.00.

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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