Casa Dragones Anejo Barrel Blend Tequila

Casa Dragones Añejo Barrel Blend is two añejos in one — tequila aged in new American oak married with tequila aged in new French Limousin oak — the house's answer to a category it sat out for a decade. Casa Dragones was founded in 2009 by Bertha González Nieves, the first woman certified as a Maestra Tequilera, and named for the Dragones cavalry of Mexico's independence; it's made at NOM 1489 in the Tequila Valley from agave grown in volcanic soil, with spring water drawn from underground aquifers for each batch. The Barrel Blend is 100% blue Weber agave, double-distilled through the house's modern, sustainable process, aged in parallel in American and French oak, blended, and bottled at 40% ABV in a hand-engraved bottle. The house notes: fresh floral and pear with fig and almond on the nose, a rich, layered palate of macadamia, nutmeg, and blackberry, and a long finish returning to the same. The Liquor Bros found floral notes and a nutty finish after the year in wood. The two oaks do different jobs — American for vanilla and caramel, Limousin for dried fruit, spice, and tannin — and the blend keeps the agave in front of both. Honest note, and it's the enthusiast's real objection: Casa Dragones uses a diffuser-based process and prizes purity over rustic complexity — an añejo of elegance and polish rather than depth, for the drinker who wants a refined sipper or the best Old Fashioned base on the shelf. Neat, on a big cube, or in an Old Fashioned. The dragons, in two oaks.

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