Distiller Notes
Wine Enthusiast Top 100 Spirits of 2019
Aged up to 18 months in American Oak barrels, this award-winning premium Anejo tequila starts with hints of vanilla, fruit, and caramel. This alluring classic and one of the best Anejo for sipping has a smooth, buttery finish of vanilla, chocolate, cinnamon, and clove.
Proof: 80
Professional Ratings
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Wine Enthusiast
Look for a rose-gold tinge and an aroma that hints at buttered toast, vanilla and savory dried herbs. The palate surprises with an almost amaro-like quality, melding cinnamon bark, spearmint, coffee bean and cocoa, fading to a more agave-like note spiked with cinnamon red-hot candy and ginger heat. Aged 18 months.
Because of their great complexity, Anejo Tequilas are most often used as a substitute for Brandy or Whiskey in cocktails like the Manhattan or Old Fashioned. Anejo Tequilas must be aged in oak barrels for between one and three years, while Extra Anejo refers to any Tequila aged longer than three years. The prolonged contact with the oak barrel allows the wood to make a much stronger impression on the Tequila by adding toffee, caramel and vanilla to the sweet, spicy agave flavor profile.