La Cofradia Tequila Añejo Single Barrel (Black Bottle)

La Cofradia, whose name means brotherhood, has produced tequila in Jalisco for more than fifty years. This Anejo is a single barrel bottling, drawn from one oak cask rather than blended across many, so it carries the particular character of that barrel rather than a house average. It is the top of the La Cofradia range and is identified by the deep black bottle that sets it apart from the standard Anejo.

Made from Blue Weber agave and aged two full years in a single oak barrel, it is bottled at 38%. The single cask origin gives it a dense spicy note of agave and oak, underlaid by a touch of fruit and vanilla, with a soft well rounded palate, a creamy texture and a long spiced finish. Drawing the whole bottling from one barrel means it shows that cask's own grip and weight rather than the smoothing effect of vatting many together.