Annually we’ve got the deal with of seeing a particular version from the tequila professionals at El Mayor. This yr is not any exception, and it’s much more particular because the firm is celebrating its twenty fifth anniversary. To mark the event, the corporate has dropped one other Additional Anejo bottling, aged for 39 months in surprisingly conventional bourbon barrels, no funky ending utilized thereafter.
“We wished to do one thing particular for this yr’s limited-edition providing to showcase the craft of nice tequila making, whereas paying homage to the model’s twenty fifth anniversary,” mentioned Graciela Gonzalez, fourth-generation distiller and daughter of Rodolfo Gonzalez, grasp distiller at Destiladora Gonzalez Lux. “My father fastidiously hand-selected 25 barrels of a few of El Mayor’s oldest inventory to create our twenty fifth Anniversary Additional Añejo Tequila. The result’s a easy and well-balanced tequila with hints of oak, dried fruit and baking spices on the nostril and palate. It’s a spectacular expression that’s positive to entice and impress bourbon and tequila drinkers alike.”
6000 bottles had been produced (which is regular for the model). Let’s see the way it fares within the glass.
For an additional anejo, that is historically daring and immersive, coming throughout like a basic anejo that’s pungent with peppers each black and inexperienced, propped in opposition to a wealthy layer of vanilla, espresso, and milk chocolate that hits the nostril like the most effective Carajillo you’ve ever had. It’s a little bit extra blunt on the palate, that includes extra sweetness than anticipated, layered with strawberries and cream, extra lashings of milk chocolate, and a pinch of cinnamon. Basic, charred wooden notes come into focus with time in glass, although these pair properly with the cinnamon and darker sugar traits inherent within the tequila. The end is nice and balanced, totally quaffable over a prolonged consuming session.
In the end this seems to be a really simple XA tequila expression that doesn’t actually do a lot to vary expectations — and that’s maybe to be anticipated given its simple barrel therapy. However hey, typically that’s what the physician ordered, proper? No complaints right here.
80 proof. NOM 1603. 6000 bottles produced.
A- / $100 / elmayor.com
El Mayor Tequila Additional Anejo – Bourbon Barrel Aged
$100
