Fortaleza Anejo Tequila

Fortaleza Anejo is the aged expression from the traditionalist Sauza family house, Destileria La Fortaleza in the town of Tequila, NOM 1493. Like its blanco it is one of the few tequilas still crushed entirely with a stone tahona after roasting, a method so time consuming that each numbered bottle is treated as its own. The distillery was restored from a former museum and produced its first authentic handmade tequila in 2002.

Rested at least a year in oak to meet the anejo class, it shows caramel, vanilla, butterscotch and cooked agave on the nose, with some finding pineapple, peach, orange blossom, nutmeg and raisin. On the palate the cooked agave continues with a thick, oily texture that coats the mouth, joined by butterscotch, caramel, toffee, citrus and hazelnut. Bottled at 40%, it carries the house's rich, full bodied lowland character into the cask.