Cierto Extra Anejo Reserve Tequila

Cierto Reserve is the house's top extra añejo — the oldest blends from the Fonseca family's private library, aged in French oak casks that held Cognac and Armagnac, from the men behind Fuenteseca and Don Fulano. Enrique Fonseca and Sergio Mendoza are fourth- and fifth-generation agaveros whose families have grown agave since the 1800s; Cierto is their additive-free luxury line, made at La Tequileña, NOM 1146, in the town of Tequila from fully mature estate agave in the red clay of the Atotonilco highlands, and each blend draws on the Fonseca cellars — the same ones that produce Fuenteseca's decades-old releases. The Reserve is an extra añejo blended from older casks than the standard Extra Añejo, aged in French oak that previously held wine, Cognac, and Armagnac, bottled at 40% ABV in the tall, ornate bottle; check your bottle for the reserve's specifics. Drinkhacker found the house's aged work elegant and agave-forward under the brandy wood, and Paste noted the luxe French casks as the signature of the aged line. Expect a deep amber pour with a nose of dried fig, prune, orange peel, dark chocolate, and cedar, opening into a dense, silky palate of caramel, dried fruit, baking spice, and soft French-oak tannin with a very long, refined finish. Honest note: a collector's extra añejo at a collector's price — for the Cognac drinker and the gift that needs the tallest bottle in the room. Neat, in a snifter, slowly. Cierto, reserved.

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