Review: El Tesoro Tequila 80th Anniversary Edition
El Tesoro is a beautiful tequila from an ancient brand, and for its 80th anniversary it’s pulling out all the stops, offering this extreme extra anejo at the whopping age of 8 years old. As with all of its expressions, this is a 100% agave tequila sourced from the Jalisco Highlands. Aging is completed in ex-bourbon barrels.
For an extra anejo, the spirit is surprisingly full of life, and youth. The nose is extremely peppery, with lots of herbal agave, but also notes of brown butter and sweet salted caramel. The palate is again quite racy, an initial rush of spice, pepper, and heat giving way to seductive caramel, milk chocolate, cinnamon, butterscotch, and subtle notes of lemon and orange. The sweet and fruity notes hang around on the finish for quite awhile, ending this exquisite tequila not on a note of cloying sweetness, but on one of fresh fruit.
Definitely one of the best and most complex tequilas I’ve seen in a long while.
83 proof. NOM 1139.
A / $200 / eltesorotequila.com
El Tesoro Tequila 80th Anniversary Edition
$200
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I have tried to locate the El Tesoro 80th Anniversary everywhere on line and asked everyone.
Can’t locate it anywhere.
Do you have a suggestion as to where I can find someone who has it?
I see it on sale at one Total Wine shop in Las Vegas: https://www.totalwine.com/spirits/tequila/anejo/el-tesoro-anejo-80th-anniversary/p/224216750?s=1205&igrules=true — Good luck John!