Adictivo Extra Añejo Tequila (75cl, 40%)

Adictivo Extra Añejo Tequila is an extra añejo tequila made from 100% blue Weber agave and aged in French oak barrels in El Arenal, in the Los Valles lowlands of Jalisco, Mexico. It is the flagship aged expression of Adictivo, the tequila house founded by master distiller Gildardo Partida. Production involves brick-oven cooked agave, roller-mill extraction and double distillation, followed by a long rest in French oak beyond the three-year extra añejo minimum. It is bottled at 40% ABV in a 750 ml bottle. The brand describes a dark amber extra añejo with reddish hues, with sweet, fruity aromas over a roasted, toasted character. Honey, caramel, vanilla and sweet spice appear on the nose, opening to honey, caramel, agave, oak and dried fruit on the palate, with a long finish of rolling sweetness. Retail tasters also mention caramel, toffee, dark chocolate, maple and dried fig.