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Alquimia

Alquimia
Reserva De Don Adolfo VI Estate Grown Extra Añejo Tequila

Category: Extra Añejo Tequila

Date Tasted:
Country: Mexico
Alcohol: 40%
90 Points
Gold Medal
Exceptional
$139

Alquimia
Reserva De Don Adolfo VI Estate Grown Extra Añejo Tequila

Category: Extra Añejo Tequila

Date Tasted:
Country: Mexico
Alcohol: 40%
Gold color. Aromas and flavors of allspice, sweet tea, honey and lemon arnold palmer, and cardamon and mace with a round, crisp, dry medium-to-full body and a warming, layered, medium-length finish displaying notes of honey and vanilla, lemon, and tobacco and black tea. A tasty, barrel-influenced adult Arnold Palmer for after your round, or as soon as you no longer care about your score.

Tasting Info

Spirits Glass Style: Spicy & Complex
Aroma Aroma: allspice, sweet tea, honey and lemon arnold palmer, and cardamon and mace
Taste Flavor: Same as aromas with notes of honey and vanilla, lemon, and tobacco and black tea
Smoothness Smoothness: Warming
Finish Finish: Normal
Enjoy Enjoy: Enjoy on its own
Bottom Line Bottom Line: A tasty, barrel-influenced adult Arnold Palmer for after your round, or as soon as you no longer care about your score.

The Producer or Importer

Alquimia Organic Tequila

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

Extra Anejo Tequila

An extra añejo tequila must be aged for at least three years in oak barrels that have a maximum capacity of 160 gallons (600 liters). These are dark-colored tequilas - deep amber or copper - that have a spicy oak-influenced flavor with notes such as dark chocolate, tobacco and Asian spices. They typically have a long, refined finish.

Extra añejo tequilas can display great style, depth of flavor, and finesse and are meant exclusively for after dinner sipping.

It should be noted that among tequila producers, aging tequila for more than four years is a matter of controversy. Many tequila producers oppose doing so because they feel that "excessive" oak aging will overwhelm distinctive and delicate earthy, fruity, and vegetal agave flavor notes.