Aroma: Cooked agave, molasses, baking spice & clove Oak & nutty Palate: Caramel/flan, vanilla, honey, hints of banana nut bread Heavy oak presence & spices (nutmeg, cinnamon, clove) Finish: Full body (oily) with a long stay Great price point!

Lots of caramel on the nose and flavor while still retaining the agave. Great price for 1L. Definitely glad I picked one up.

More of a heavy char finish, reminiscent of a bourbon. On sale at $24 per bottle, this is a high value

Aroma : Cooked agave, light oak, herbal and vegetal notes. Also some amount of caramel as well. Taste : Light agave and stronger oak. There is also some vanilla and grass here. Somewhat peppery, there is also a unique "honeyed" taste to this. Medium bodied with light oils. Finish : Medium in length and more bitter and spicy than the initial notes.

If you can smell this tequila and not want to jump inside the bottle there is no hope for you. I’d love to know what the difference in oak treatment is between this and the repo, this kept its agave identity and inherited all the best qualities of the barrel. Just the right amount of sweet, a really great effort!

Aroma: Cloves, ripe fruit, agave, and toasted nuts. Subtle herbal, vegetal and lactic overtones. Palate: Pepper, fruitiness, fennel and a vanilla/floral combo. Touch of bitterness on the finish. Great value tequila.

Very good additive free anejo. Comparable to a nice oaky bourbon with a nice agave finish that goes down smooth.

Flavorful aroma. Still alcohol burn. Great value.

tasted with keegan at blanco cantina

This is finely crafted tequila. A bit too woody for me. I like sweet agava nose with vanilla hint. The attack is great and it is like a fine whiskey as opposed to to a tequila.

The aroma is a little strong compared to the flavor and finish which is much smoother.

Super-solid, straight ahead anejo. The nose hides how much flavour comes in on the palette.

Day 3: The aroma of warmed honey, butterscotch, cinnamon, faint citrus and oak is reminiscent of the smell of whiskey to me. Very inviting nose, nearly mouth watering. The initial taste, lasting all the way through, is a spicy pepperiness followed by tart oak. Alcohol, agave and oranges mingle together and dries down quickly leaving only alcohol and a stevia type off-notes.

Aroma is low but pleasant. cooked agave, low/med wood (cedar), low caramel Flavor cooked agave, pepper, caramel, low wood, very low tropical fruit Finish lingers with sweet caramel, cooked agave, slightly astringent barrel char

This was my first Anejo I have tried. Not a lot of agave to my tastebuds, but definitely present. oak, hints of chocolate and caramel, definitely get the barrel spice from the bourbon barrels. It is smooth and has a lovely finish. My rating went up after trying some more aged tequilas, definitely a great sipper and for a great price!

Basic, simple, delicious, and phenomenal value. Great sipper.

A solid añejo… although I wish there was more agave. But $35 for a liter?!?! This is by far the best budget añejo.

Nose: Caramel, lite pepper, agave and a certain crispness to it that I can’t quite nail down. Palette: Black pepper notes are surprisingly present for an anejo. Agave. Some of the floral notes from the blanco carry through with barrel notes, such as caramel forming back into brown sugar for the finish. In later sips the pepper resembles more of a cinnamon or nutmeg flavor. Butter is also there. Finish: Medium finish. The brown sugar and agave stay with you. Is that Crème brûlée? After spending more time with this, the alcohol come through on the palette and finish more than when first opened. Overall, this is a really easy sipper that’s surprising complex for the price. This is real good budget anejo at $40.

Rich agave and oak on the nose. Traditional flavors with nice oak influence. A nice honey butter note in the finish. Nice pour and a great value.

There is always a story. (At least there should be.) I found this at a small store in Saticoy Ca. It was on a top shelf covered in dust. 27 dollars but it was “Tequila Tuesday “ so I got 20 percent off. It had been there so long they had taken it out of the computer. Only 5 bottles. I will be going back for the rest. Now the review. Caramel and agave aroma. Not overly sweet. A nice balance. The flavor was agave but had some oak in the background. There is still a touch of caramel. (Caramel, not vanilla). This has a smooth mouthfeel which lingers through a medium finish. No burn or alcohol taste. It almost isn’t an anejo because of the light oak. The price point is fantastic. I don’t know how old this is (I think 2018). I recommend and will stock up from this store before they realize what they have. As an aside. Always look for buried treasure. I like dust and sometimes you get lucky.

Very smooth with slight sweetness. Caramel & vanilla flavors

Heavy caramel and oak scent, super smooth with zero burn and leaves a lovely finish of a sweet bourbon.

I would call this a solid conventional tequila. Straight up agave with no complexity. If the bottle didn’t say Anejo I wouldn’t believe it. I guess it mellows out the Blanco and that’s all. Which is not a bad thing at all. I want tequila, not aged tequila that tastes like whiskey. Nice finish but not super smooth.

coffee, nutty, vanilla

Lots of oak on the nose along with some cooked agave, vanilla, cinnamon, and other baking spices. There’s more oaky bitterness on the palate than I prefer, but it’s not overwhelming. It also feels somewhat thin in the mouth. Black pepper, nutmeg, and sweet caramel carry the medium-length finish. This añejo isn’t unbalanced, but I think the barrel is doing the majority of the work here. I wish the agave had a stronger presence. However, a bottle of this only cost me $30 - for around that price, it might be the best budget añejo you can buy. Whiskey lovers will enjoy this one.