Tequila Reserva Anejo, 5 Year

• Blended extra añejo tequila produced in Tequila, Jalisco, by Tequileña (NOM 1146)
• Maestro Destilador Enrique Fonseca
• Distilled in 2015
• 100% Azul aka Blue Weber (Agave tequilana) matured 5–6 years, grown at elevations over 4,600 feet in Atotonilco El Alto, Jalisco
• Cooked 24 hours in a low-pressure autoclave with a 6-hour pre-cook and a 6-hour rest
• Crushed using a screw mill and roller mill
• Fermented in stainless steel tanks using deep well water and proprietary yeast
• Blend of copper pot- and copper column-distilled tequilas
• Aged 5 years in a combination of ex–wine European common oak barrels and French oak previously used to age Royal Lochnagar Selected Reserve Scotch
• Black licorice, cinnamon, and red apples on the nose precede a palate of spun sugar, funnel cake, custard apple, and cherry
• Additive free
• 41.3% ABV

This vintage of Fuenteseca 5 Year is a blend of two distinct extra añejo tequilas. 62% of the blend was distilled in an alembic pot still and aged in French oak casks previously used to age Royal Lochnagar Selected Reserve Scotch while the remaining 38% was distilled in a copper two-column still and aged in European common oak barrels previously used to age wine.