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Don Pilar

Don Pilar
Añejo Tequila

Category: Añejo Tequila

Date Tasted:
Country: Mexico
Alcohol: 40%
92 Points
Gold Medal
Exceptional
$50

Don Pilar
Añejo Tequila

Category: Añejo Tequila

Date Tasted:
Country: Mexico
Alcohol: 40%
Gold color. Aromas and flavors of lemon and pine, citronella beeswax candles, banana, coconut, and hazelnut, and ginger candy with a silky, vibrant, dryish medium body and a stimulating, long finish manifesting suggestions of banana cream, coconut shavings, demerara syrup, and walnut oil. A pleasantly nutty and oak forward sipper; maintains its roasted agave notes among the rich and complex oak flavors.

Tasting Info

Spirits Glass Style: Spicy & Complex
Aroma Aroma: lemon and pine, citronella beeswax candles, banana, coconut, and hazelnut, and ginger candy
Taste Flavor: Same as aromas with suggestions of banana cream, coconut shavings, demerara syrup, and walnut oil
Smoothness Smoothness:
Finish Finish: Long
Enjoy Enjoy: with cigars and on the rocks
Bottom Line Bottom Line: A pleasantly nutty and oak forward sipper; maintains its roasted agave notes among the rich and complex oak flavors.

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.

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.

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