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Caralegre
Añejo Tequila

Category: Añejo Tequila

Date Tasted: 5/16/2023

Country: Mexico

Alcohol: 40%

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85 Points

Silver Medal

Highly Recommended

$44

Caralegre
Añejo Tequila

Category: Añejo Tequila

Date Tasted: 5/16/2023

Country: Mexico

Alcohol: 40%

Light gold color. Aromas and flavors of caramel, flan, and butterscotch, lemon oil, vanilla, and horchata with a velvety, crisp, dry medium body and a tingling, interesting, relaxed finish revealing elements of caramel flan with fried plantains, cream soda and coconut cream, lime and lemon pepper, and orange oil and black pepper. Lots of barrel flavor with a little prickle of agave spice mixed with alcohol heat.

Tasting Info

	Style:	Spicy & Complex
	Aroma:	caramel, flan, and butterscotch, lemon oil, vanilla, and horchata
	Flavor:	Same as aromas with elements of caramel flan with fried plantains, cream soda and coconut cream, lime and lemon pepper, and orange oil and black pepper
	Smoothness:	Tingling
	Enjoy:	in cocktails and on the rocks
	Cocktails:	Paloma, Sangrita, Tommy's Margarita
	Bottom Line:	Lots of barrel flavor with a little prickle of agave spice mixed with alcohol heat.

The Producer

F.P.S. Spirits

CIRCUITO DE LA INDUSTRIA SUR 36- C

Lerma, 52000

Mexico

Their Portfolio

85 •	Caralegre Blanco Tequila 40% (Mexico) $35.00.
89 •	Caralegre Reposado Tequila 40% (Mexico) $38.00.
85 •	Caralegre Añejo Tequila 40% (Mexico) $44.00.
89 •	Caralegre Cristalino Reposado Tequila 40% (Mexico) $42.00.
85 •	Casa Salvia Botanical Gin 40% (Mexico) $27.00.
90 •	Gran Malo Churros Flavored Liqueur With Tequila 30% (Mexico) $19.00.
BR •	Gran Malo Spicy Tamarindo Flavored Tequila 30% (Mexico) $19.00. - Bronze Medal
88 •	Kikisi Coffee Liqueur 20% (Mexico) $18.00.
93 •	Seis Puertas Añejo Tequila 40% (Mexico) $119.00.

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.