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Don Pilar

Don Pilar
Extra Añejo Tequila

Category: Extra Añejo Tequila

Date Tasted:
Country: Mexico
Alcohol: 40%
96 Points
Platinum Medal
Superlative
$160

Don Pilar
Extra Añejo Tequila

Category: Extra Añejo Tequila

Date Tasted:
Country: Mexico
Alcohol: 40%
Gold color. Aromas and flavors of new car leather and sandalwood, mahogany saw dust, caramel and butterscotch, and honey and dried dates with a round, vibrant, dryish medium-to-full body and a warming, delightful, medium-length finish that exhibits impressions of cinnamon dark, black pepper and pine resin, vanilla and mole sauce, and honey and coconut butter. Cinnamon and black pepper dusted dates on baklava; you will return for seconds of this exquisite sipper.

Tasting Info

Spirits Glass Style: Rich & Full
Aroma Aroma: new car leather and sandalwood, mahogany saw dust, caramel and butterscotch, and honey and dried dates
Taste Flavor: Same as aromas with impressions of cinnamon dark, black pepper and pine resin, vanilla and mole sauce, and honey and coconut butter
Smoothness Smoothness: Warming
Finish Finish: Normal
Enjoy Enjoy: neat, on the rocks, with cigars and with drops of water
Bottom Line Bottom Line: Cinnamon and black pepper dusted dates on baklava; you will return for seconds of this exquisite sipper.

The Producer

Agaves & Tequilas Don Pilar, Inc.

The Producer

Their Portfolio

92 Don Pilar Añejo Tequila 40% (Mexico) $50.00.
96 Don Pilar Extra Añejo Tequila 40% (Mexico) $160.00.

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.