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Tequila añejo
Spirits & brews· spirit
What it is
Tequila añejo is tequila aged in oak barrels for one to three years.
What it tastes like
The house reads it as oak, vanilla, cooked agave, dried fruit ✳ — a known palate, not yet a cited measurement. Among its measured molecules: rotundone.
What goes with it
- Bourbonboth carry rotundone, woody incensecite
- Rye whiskeyboth carry rotundone, woody incensecite
Salt and acid
Salt
Salt not measured yet.
Acid
Acid not measured yet.
Unusual pairings
Pairs the library can cite that almost nobody makes.
- Tequila añejo + Bourbon
both carry rotundone, woody incense (3 of 338 carry it)
- Tequila añejo + Rye whiskey
both carry rotundone, woody incense (3 of 338 carry it)
Every one of its 1 compounds carries a paper the library can cite.
rotundonearomaterpenoidMeasured in 3 of 338 ingredients.cite
0.307 µg/L (ppb), %RSD 0.85, average of duplicate determinations — the highest of the three non-whiskey spirits in the table and about triple the 0.100 µg/L the same table reports for the unaged Milagro Silver Tequila. The paper identifies rotundone as the compound behind the woodiness of oak-aged spirits. — Genthner-Kreger et al. 2021, Molecules (Table 2 (Concentration of rotundone in oak-aged distilled spirits), row 'Don Julio Añejo Tequila (18 month)')
Sources
- Genthner-Kreger et al. 2021, Molecules