Espolon Anejo Tequila 70cl

A richer, oak-kissed tequila for sipping, not slamming. Espolòn Añejo is the bottle to reach for when you want tequila with proper depth, roasted agave at the core, and enough caramel, spice, and bourbon-barrel warmth to keep things interesting.

• Nose: Roasted agave, vanilla, caramel, toasted oak, warm baking spice, and a little dried fruit sweetness.
• Taste: Layered and rounded, with cooked agave, butterscotch, cinnamon, cocoa, and a gentle bourbon-like richness from the barrel finish.
• Finish: Lingering oak, peppery agave, soft spice, and a clean sweetness that fades slowly rather than vanishing.

This is a great next step if your tequila journey has mostly lived in Margaritas and party shots. Añejo means it has spent time in oak, so you get more texture, more spice, and more of those darker flavours people usually associate with whisky or rum. Still tequila. Just wearing a leather jacket.

Espolòn is made from 100% Blue Weber agave and comes from the Los Altos region of Jalisco, an area known for agave that often leans fruitier and sweeter. That matters in the glass. The agave doesn’t get buried under wood, it stays bright enough to remind you this is tequila, while the ageing adds vanilla, toast, and a mellow spice that makes it feel built for slow pours.

Drink it neat if you want the full story. Add one big ice cube if you like the oak and caramel to open up a little. For cocktails, try it in an Añejo Old Fashioned with agave syrup and orange bitters, or use it in a richer Margarita when you want something deeper than the usual bright-and-zippy version.

Food-wise, it’s brilliant with grilled steak tacos, slow-cooked pork, charred pineapple, or dark chocolate with sea salt. Basically, anything with smoke, caramelisation, spice, or a little fat for the tequila to cut through. Taco night just got promoted.

If you usually reach for bourbon but want to understand why sipping tequila has a fan club, this is a smart place to start. You’ll find familiar barrel notes, vanilla, spice, toffee, toasted wood, but the roasted agave gives it a greener, earthier backbone that keeps it from tasting like whisky in disguise.

Fun Fact: Espolòn’s label art is inspired by 19th-century Mexican artist José Guadalupe Posada, famous for his lively skeleton illustrations, which is why the bottle looks like it’s already halfway into a Day of the Dead party.