Don Julio 70th Anejo 750 ml

Don Julio 70 is the tequila that invented the cristalino añejo — fully barrel-aged, then filtered back to crystal clarity. Released to mark 70 years since founder Don Julio González began distilling, it rests 18 months in American white oak before charcoal filtering strips the color and keeps the character: cooked agave, vanilla, honey, and toasted oak in a water-clear pour. The 100% Blue Weber agave is grown in the Jalisco Highlands and distilled at La Primavera. Cristalino has since become a full category across Mexico's tequila shelves; this bottle remains its benchmark. Serve it chilled and neat in a copita, or pour it into a margarita that drinks like an añejo and looks like a blanco.

How to drink Don Julio 70

Because the color is gone but the barrel time isn't, a wide rocks glass over one large cube lets the vanilla and honey open up more than a shot glass ever will. In a Cristalino Margarita, cut the usual triple sec back — this pour already brings its own sweetness from 18 months in oak.

Tequila80 proof · Mash bill: 100% Blue Weber Agave · American white oak · Jalisco Highlands