Don Julio Anejo Tequila 70cl
Description
Don Julio Anejo Tequila
Don Julio González didn't have much, but what he did have was passion, and a dream. It all started back in Mexico in 1942 when he saw a unique opportunity in the production of tequila. After sharing his vision and securing a loan with a powerful local businessman, Don Julio opened his first tequila distillery in La Primavera, in the Jaliscan Highlands. It was his passion that inspired the world's first luxuary tequila.
Each day for 40 years, Don Julio would walk along the agave fields, cutting the grass around each plant (which were more like his children than a crop) to protect them. He'd harvest each plant individually, choosing those with the most optimum maturity and health and would expertly balance the bitter flavour of the piña (the heart) and the sweet leaves of the agave.
The climate in the Jaliscan Highland's is the perfect microclimate for the blue agave, with warm days, cool nights and rich clay soil. The high altitude made farming and harvesting a challenge. It was physically demanding, but Don Julio endured the extreme conditions to create a luxuary tequila with exceptional substance and indisputable spirit.
Don Julio Anjeo Tequila is a small batch, superior tasting aged tequila. The base is made using Don Julio Blanco, a tequila in it's truest form, unaged, double distilled and made with the finest blue agave using a time honoured distillation process. It is rested in American white oak barrels for 18 months, resulting in a tequila that is rich, full bodied, distinctive and complex.
On the nose, there is a fresh citrus blend of lime, grapefruit and manadarin with a touch of rich caramel. On the palate the cooked agave is balanced with wild honey, oak infused butterscotch and a hint of vanilla. It has a bright and lightly spiced finish.
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Perfect Serve
Perfect to sip with or without ice, or add to a classic Manhattan cocktail.
Pour 45ml Don Julio Anjeo Tequila into a mixing glass with ice, add 30ml sweet vermouth and 2 dashes of Angostura Bitters. Stir well for 15-20 seconds and then strain into a chilled coupe glass and garnish with a twist of orange zest.
