The name means "the millennial one", and the bottle is shaped like a small Mayan temple. Sierra Milenario comes from the same family behind the well-known sombrero bottle, only without the sombrero, and with far more time in the barrel.
Expert Description
Sierra Milenario Añejo is a Mexican Añejo Tequila made from 100% agave, bottled at 41.5%.
The tequila is produced at Destilerías Sierra Unidas in Guadalajara, Jalisco, the same family-run distillery that has shipped the iconic sombrero-capped Sierra tequila around the world since 1981. Milenario is the house's more exclusive line: six different expressions, each named after a sign in the Mayan calendar, with a Mayan temple as the distinctive bottle cap. The Añejo expression is made exclusively from 100% blue agave, double distilled in traditional pot stills, before resting for up to 18 months in white oak barrels. The extended ageing gives it a darker colour and a far more complex character than the house's younger expressions.
Tasting Notes
Nose
Caramel and vanilla, spiced with chocolate and oak, broken up by sweet notes of tropical fruit and ripe apricots.
Palate
Rich and velvety with caramel and chocolate, grilled tropical fruit and a touch of garden herbs and pepper.
Finish
Long and warm, with lingering notes of toasted oak and sweet fruit.
Specifications
Name: Sierra Milenario Añejo
Distillery: Destilerías Sierra Unidas
Region/Country: Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
Type: Mexican Añejo Tequila 100% Agave
ABV: 41.5%
Size: 70 CL
Cask type: White oak barrels, up to 18 months
Serving suggestion: Best enjoyed neat in a tulip glass at room temperature, letting the complex notes unfold.
Flavour Profile
Caramel · Chocolate · Oak · Tropical fruit
Did You Know?
Did you know that the Milenario range consists of six different expressions, each named after a sign in the Mayan calendar, and that every bottle wears a cap shaped like a small Mayan temple?
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