Review: Cazadores Tequila Anejo Cristalino
Cazadores Tequila was originally created by Don Jose Maria Banuelos in 1922 after years of perfecting his recipe. The family recipe was passed down for generations and in the 1970’s his grandson opened a distillery to share the tequila. Bacardi acquired Cazadores in 2002 but they continue with the same 100 year old recipe for the Cazadores Blanco tequila base. Cazadores is made at Bacardi y Compania where they start with 100% Weber Blue agave grown in the Highland region. Unlike other tequilas 99% of the raw agave juice is extracted through a unique 24 step diffusion process rather than cooking the agave first. Mozart music plays while the agave juice and yeast ferments. Th spirit is double distilled and the Cazadores Anejo expression is barrel aged in new American oak barrels for 12 months. Cazadores Anejo Cristalino is filtered to remove the barrel aging color and some of the oak notes before bottling. The aroma leads with vanilla, green bell pepper, raw agave, and oak. Additional time brings out toasted coconut, orange, lemon, butterscotch, and black pepper. The sweet agave entry is joined by vanilla, bell pepper, wood spice, and Meyer lemon building to a lemon, and nutmeg, peak. It fades with lemon and butterscotch and finishes dry with oak, lemon peel, vanilla, and black pepper.
NOM: 1487
Region: Highland
40% Alcohol
Score: 88
Award: Silver Medal