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El Tesoro
Añejo Tequila

Category: Añejo Tequila

Date Tasted: 4/20/2021

Country: Mexico

Alcohol: 40%

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96 Points

Platinum Medal

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$85

2021 Best Añejo Tequila

El Tesoro
Añejo Tequila

Category: Añejo Tequila

Date Tasted: 4/20/2021

Country: Mexico

Alcohol: 40%

Straw color. Inviting aromas and flavors of honey-drizzled grapefruit, sweet apple compote, toffee, and sweet chamomile tea with a round, vibrant, dryish light-to-medium body and a peppery, elegant, medium-long finish with notes of pink peppercorns, ginger, and graphite. A stylish, peppery Tequila with a true sense of self.

Tasting Info

	Style:	Fruity, Spicy & Herbal
	Aroma:	honey-drizzled grapefruit, sweet apple compote, toffee, and sweet chamomile tea
	Flavor:	Same as aromas with notes of pink peppercorns, ginger, and graphite
	Smoothness:	Peppery
	Enjoy:	in cocktails, neat and on the rocks
	Cocktails:	Paloma, Sangrita, Tommy's Margarita
	Bottom Line:	A stylish, peppery tequila with an authentic vibe.

The Producer or Importer

Beam Suntory Inc.

222 W. Merchandise Mart Plaza Ste. 1600

Chicago, IL 60654

USA

www.beamsuntory.com

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Anejo Tequila

Serve in a Copita

About

Añejo Tequila

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.