Jose Cuervo 250th Anniversary 750 ml

In 1758 the Spanish crown granted Don José Antonio de Cuervo land to grow agave in Jalisco — Jose Cuervo 250 Aniversario is the extra añejo tequila that marked the 250th year of that lineage. Released in 2008 from the family's reserve stocks of 100% Blue Weber agave, it is aged in oak, finished in Spanish sherry casks, and bottled at 40% ABV in individually numbered, hand-blown glass decanters set in a solid oak presentation box. The pour is quiet and polished: cooked agave, butterscotch, and vanilla, with dried fruit and a late flicker of pepper. Cuervo has released few bottles rarer than this one. Serve it like a fine Cognac — neat, in a snifter, at the end of a long dinner.

Tequila80 proof · Mash bill: 100% Blue Weber Agave · Oak casks; Spanish sherry cask finish · Jalisco