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Alquimia

Alquimia
Estate Grown Añejo Tequila

Category: Añejo Tequila

Date Tasted:
Country: Mexico
Alcohol: 40%
Certified Organic
87 Points
Silver Medal
Highly Recommended
$69

Alquimia
Estate Grown Añejo Tequila

Category: Añejo Tequila

Date Tasted:
Country: Mexico
Alcohol: 40%
Light gold color. Aromas and flavors of vanilla and coconut oil, butter, cream soda, and lemon grass with a round, vibrant, dry medium-to-full body and a warming, compelling, medium-length finish imparting shades of smoked honey, vanilla bake batter, marzipan, and caramelized citrus and orange. A very approachable and easy sipper with flavors that will appeal to lovers of bourbon barrel-aged things.

Tasting Info

Spirits Glass Style: Rich & Full
Aroma Aroma: vanilla and coconut oil, butter, cream soda, and lemon grass
Taste Flavor: Same as aromas with shades of smoked honey, vanilla bake batter, marzipan, and caramelized citrus and orange
Smoothness Smoothness: Warming
Finish Finish: Normal
Enjoy Enjoy: neat, on the rocks and with cigars
Bottom Line Bottom Line: A very approachable and easy sipper with flavors that will appeal to lovers of bourbon barrel-aged things.

The Producer or Importer

Alquimia Organic Tequila

The Producer or  Importer
961 W. 7th Street
Oxnard, CA 93030
USA
1 805-240-1577

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.