Don Julio 1942 Añejo (175cl, 40%)

Don Julio 1942 is an añejo tequila made from 100% Blue Weber Agave and aged for a minimum of two and a half years in previously used white American oak bourbon barrels. It is produced in small batches at the Tequila Don Julio distillery in Atotonilco El Alto, in the highlands of Jalisco, as a tribute to 1942, the year founder Don Julio González first began making tequila. The agave is slow-cooked in traditional masonry ovens, fermented with a proprietary yeast strain and double-distilled in copper pot stills. The extended ageing gives a depth uncommon in many añejos. The nose opens with warm caramel and cooked agave, followed by toasted oak and vanilla. The palate is smooth and sweet, with cooked agave, toasty oak, vanilla, dark chocolate, hazelnut and tropical fruit. The finish is long and mellow, with oak, vanilla and a lingering whisper of smoke.