Amatitena Añejo Tequila (75cl, 42%)

A 42% ABV añejo tequila from Cava de Oro distillery (NOM 1477) in Amatitán, Jalisco, aged 12 months in ex-Napa Valley red wine American oak barrels. It is made from 100% Blue Weber agave from single estates, cooked in a mesquite-wood-fired stone oven, milled by automated tahona, fermented in open air with agave fibres in wooden tinas, and distilled in 19th-century wood-fired copper pot stills. Certified additive-free by Tequila Matchmaker. The nose shows fresh glazed donuts, subtle tobacco leaf, candied dates and petit dejeuner; the palate brings bold confectionary vanilla, caramel, dried cherry, candied plum, sweet potato, black walnut and subtle marzipan, with a delicate and ethereal texture and a long finish of baking spices.