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Los Rijos

Los Rijos
Tequila Añejo

Category: Añejo Tequila

Date Tasted:
Country: Mexico
Alcohol: 40%
88 Points
Silver Medal
Highly Recommended
$45

Los Rijos
Tequila Añejo

Category: Añejo Tequila

Date Tasted:
Country: Mexico
Alcohol: 40%
Clear bronze color. Aromas and flavors of five spice, cedar and leather, black tea, and pie crust with a syrupy, very sweet medium body and a medium-to-long finish with notes of cocoa nibs and cigar box, caramel, dried apples, matcha, brown sugar, and baking spices. Balanced agave flavor with barrel spice and this dram continues to grow in the glass and improve over time.

Tasting Info

Spirits Glass Style: Rich & Full
Aroma Aroma: five spice, cedar and leather, black tea, and pie crust
Taste Flavor: Same as aromas with notes of cocoa nibs and cigar box, caramel, dried apples, matcha, brown sugar, and baking spices
Smoothness Smoothness: Normal
Finish Finish: Long
Enjoy Enjoy: Enjoy on its own
Bottom Line Bottom Line: Balanced agave flavor with barrel spice and this dram continues to grow in the glass and improve over time.

The Producer or Importer

Distiller Sales Company

The Producer or  Importer
1607 12th St S.
Suite 100
Princeton, MN 55371
USA
1 612-3627500

Their Portfolio

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.