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When done right, tequila is a silky smooth drink, with light touches of citrus. Read on to discover our best buys, including bottles from Patrón, VIVIR, Fortaleza and Herradura. Read on to discover our pick of the best tequila. For more, visit our reviews section and find taste-tests for pisco, gin, vodka, rum and more. A family recipe let loose just over a decade ago, the Código 1530 is a super-smooth spirit that will encourage you to rethink how you feel about tequila. It’s full of bright fruits and silky agave, owing to the month it spent in cabernet wine barrels. Read our full Código 1530 Rosa tequila review.
This bottle is the passion project of a couple of young Brits who fell in love with tequila and quit their day jobs for the cause. Smooth and herbaceous, tonic helps bring out the more complex and oily citrus notes of this impressive, peppery spirit. Read our full El Rayo Plata tequila review. Famed for coffee liqueur and an exquisite line of tequilas, Patrón’s briefly aged expression is smooth with vanilla and vibrant with citrus, oozing with silky agave and honey.
Read our full Patrón Reposado tequila review. Kah Blanco tequilaA fascinating-looking bottle of tequila that celebrates an equally fascinating local custom. Read our full Kah Blanco tequila review. An exquisite sipping tequila delivered in a striking bottle, it’s best enjoyed with just a single ice cube and nothing more.
It’s packed with chewy fudge and creamy vanilla notes, as well as a mature, lingering smokiness. 100 per cent agave spirit that has well-balanced smoothness and sweetness. Truly an artisan offering, the distillery itself is based in the highlands, putting the operation close to where the agave is grown. This bottle comes from the Fabrica de Tequilas Finos distillery, a producer of many fine spirits. Rooster Rojo blanco is the brainchild of esteemed master distiller, Arturo Fuentes Cortes.
It’s full of herbaceous and citrus flavours, sparked to life by fiery pepper. This 100 per cent agave tequila is smooth and refreshing, slick with notes of aloe vera and hints of citrus. Read our full 1800 Silver tequila review. Fortaleza Reposado is dry at points but also bursting with citrus, full of sticky sweetness with caramel and toffee ahead of orchard fruits.
Read our full Fortaleza Reposado review. It has since become the darling spirit of the hipster world. This example shows how different it can taste from tequila, with smoky elements and an earthy undertone. Expect rich, buttery notes alongside a distinct citrus freshness. Slight earthy notes come from the ex-bourbon casks in which it is rested for around four months. It’s made from the ‘desert spoon plant’, which can take as long as 15 years to fully mature. With a more spicy, herbaceous note than tequila, it works well for sipping.
This reposado tequila spends around 10 months maturing in French wine casks. It’s then blended with other tequilas to develop a distinct, vanilla-tinged floral top note. It comes from Matatlan, the home of mezcal in Mexico. An añejo is a tequila that’s rested in oak for longer than a year, but fewer than three years. Herradura was founded in 1870 and still makes its product in the exact same way. Notes of sweet vanilla, toffee popcorn and black pepper mark this out as excellent example of an añejo tequila. This spirit places heavy focus on the very essence of tequila: agave.
Each batch comes from a different field or rancho, contributing distinctive characteristics of that terrain. It’s produced in conjunction with Tomas Estes, an official Tequila Ambassador for the Mexican Government. This tequila is matured in both American and French oak casks and has notes more akin to whisky than tequila. This review was last updated in March 2021. This website is published by Immediate Media Company Limited under licence from BBC Studios Distribution. Located at the entrance to Quincy Market in the world famous Faneuil Hall Marketplace, Mija is one of Boston’s premiere authentic Mexican restaurants.