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Cenote™

Cenote™
Anejo Tequila

Category: Añejo Tequila

Date Tasted:
Country: Mexico
Alcohol: 40%
90 Points
Gold Medal
Exceptional
$64

Cenote™
Anejo Tequila

Category: Añejo Tequila

Date Tasted:
Country: Mexico
Alcohol: 40%
Brilliant golden amber color. Aromas and flavors of spiced tropical citrus and melon, cornichons, olives and charcuterie, floral honey butter, and cola and sarsaparilla with a satiny, bright, fruity medium-full body and a tingling, complex, long finish conveying suggestions of chocolate shake, coconut milk latte, and cedar. A rich and rewarding Añejo with a suave, alluring personality.

Tasting Info

Spirits Glass Style: Complex Fruity Spicy Rich
Aroma Aroma: spiced tropical citrus and melon, cornichons, olives and charcuterie, floral honey butter, and cola and sarsaparilla
Taste Flavor: Same as aromas with suggestions of chocolate shake, coconut milk latte, and cedar
Smoothness Smoothness: Tingling
Finish Finish:
Enjoy Enjoy: on the rocks, neat and with cigars
Bottom Line Bottom Line: A rich and rewarding Añejo with a suave, alluring personality.

The Producer

SPI Group

The Producer
Valley Park F 44 rue de la Vallée
1 352-24 695 131

Their Portfolio

93 Cenote™ Blanco Tequila 40% (Mexico) $49.00.
BR Cenote™ Reposado Tequila 40% (Mexico) $54.00. - Bronze Medal
90 Cenote™ Anejo Tequila 40% (Mexico) $64.00.
93 Cenote™ Cristalino Tequila Añejo 40% (Mexico) $74.00.
97 elit Vodka 40% (Latvia) $40.00.
BR Gator Bite Satsuma & Rum Liqueur 30% (USA) $16.99. - Bronze Medal
BR Gator Bite Coffee Liqueur 26% (USA) $16.99. - Bronze Medal
94 Se Busca Joven Mezcal Artesanal 40% (Mexico) $42.00.
89 Se Busca Reposado Mezcal Artesanal 40% (Mexico) $55.00.
90 Se Busca Añejo Mezcal Artesanal 40% (Mexico) $70.00.
94 Se Busca Joven Madrecuishe Mezcal Artesanal 45% (Mexico) $150.00.
93 Stolichnaya Lime Flavored Vodka 37.5% (Latvia) $19.00.
92 Stolichnaya Strasberi Vodka 37.5% (Latvia) $22.00.
92 Stolichnaya "100 Proof" Vodka 50% (Latvia) $22.00.
93 Stolichnaya Hot Jalapeno Vodka 37.5% (Latvia) $22.00.
88 Stolichnaya Peachik Vodka 37.5% (Latvia) $19.00.
92 Stolichnaya Vodka 40% (Latvia) $20.00.
89 Stolichnaya Stoli Chamoy Vodka 35% (Latvia) $20.00.
88 Stolichnaya Razberi Vodka 37.5% (Latvia) $20.00.
90 Stolichnaya Ohranj Vodka 37.5% (Latvia) $20.00.
92 Stolichnaya Blueberi Vodka 37.5% (Latvia) $20.00.
90 Stolichnaya Citros Vodka 37.5% (Latvia) $20.00.
95 Stolichnaya Cucumber Vodka 37.5% (Latvia) $20.00.
94 Stolichnaya Vanil Vodka 37.5% (Latvia) $20.00.
94 Stolichnaya Salted Karamel Vodka 37.5% (Latvia) $20.00.
92 Stolichnaya Gluten Free Vodka 40% (Latvia) $20.00.
96 Stolichnaya Gold Vodka 40% (Latvia) $34.00.
88 Villa One Silver Tequila 40% (Mexico) $44.00.
88 Villa One Reposado Tequila 40% (Mexico) $49.00.
92 Villa One Añejo Tequila 40% (Mexico) $59.00.

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.