Codigo 1530 Origen Extra Anejo Tequila

Origen is six years in French oak Napa Cabernet barrels — VinePair's one-word review was yikes, in the way that means it's a lot of tequila. Código is the project of former Crocs CEO Ron Snyder and Federico Vaughan, backed by George Strait, Brett Hull, and Mike Shanahan; it's made at Varo Destilería, NOM 1616, in Amatitán from fully mature blue Weber agave, cooked in stone-clay ovens, fermented with yeast from a local bakery, and double-distilled, additive-free. Origen — origin — is the house's prestige extra añejo, aged six years in the Cabernet barrels and bottled at 40% ABV in a numbered, wax-sealed bottle in a wooden box. Wooden Cork calls it one of the most complex and collectible extra añejos produced; the house places it among the world's most decadent añejos. Six years of wine wood on agave lands far into Cognac and old-Bordeaux territory: expect a deep amber pour with a nose of dried fig, black cherry, dark chocolate, cedar, and leather, opening into a dense, silky palate of caramel, cooked agave, roasted cocoa, baking spice, and the Cabernet's fruit and soft tannin, with a very long, warm finish. Honest note: a collector's extra añejo at a collector's price — for the Cognac drinker, the gift that needs to stop a room, or the Código devotee completing the set; purists chasing dry, agave-forward extra añejos should look at Fortaleza or Tapatío Excelencia. Neat, in a snifter, slowly. The origin, six years in Cabernet.

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