Distiller Notes
2021 San Francisco World Spirits Competition Double Gold Medal Winner
Calle 23 Anejo Tequila is a medium-dark amber color. It has a full body and lovely oak aromas marrying together with a rich touch of light vanilla and coffee. Seductively aromatic, with sense of herbs and spices. Perfectly balanced on the palate. Great aperture of wood, surrounded by multiple taste evolutions in your mouth, with expressions of cracked coffee and tobacco among them. Perfect balance between agave oak, vanilla and coffee notes.
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.