Don Julio 1942 Añejo
Don Julio 1942 Añejo is a añejo, 38% tequila from Don Julio, distilled at Destilería Don Julio under NOM 1449, in the highlands of Jalisco. The Index scores it 61 out of 95, which it rates fair.
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No organic certificate on file for this bottling.
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Highland Blue Weber, Highlands. Our methodology favours estate control and mature agave.
Our blind panel of five scored it 84 of 100 at the tasting table. That figure feeds this pillar; it is not the score above.
Tasting notes
Nose. Vanilla, caramel.
Palate. Cooked agave, oak.
Finish. Soft sweetness.
The status-symbol añejo that defined bottle-service culture. Smooth, sweet, and vanilla-forward, polished and crowd-pleasing, though our panel found it sweeter and more oak led than we look for at the price.