San Matias Gran Reserva Anejo Tequila

San Matías Gran Reserva is where extra añejo began — the house released it in 1993, the first extra-aged tequila to market — and Roadrunner Spirits calls the extra añejo the best bang for your buck in the category, hands down. Casa San Matías was founded in 1886 and is run today by Carmen Villarreal Treviño, the first woman to own and operate a tequila house; its Ojo de Agua distillery, NOM 1103, sits on a natural spring near Tepatitlán in the Los Altos highlands, and the same distillery makes Corazón. The Gran Reserva Añejo is 100% estate highland blue Weber agave, cooked in stone ovens, double-distilled, aged in French oak past the añejo minimum, and bottled at 40% ABV; check your bottle for the age statement. Roadrunner, on the house's aged style: dried tropical fruit, brown spice, suede, and maple-nut fudge on the nose, a smooth, supple entry into creamy toffee, brown spice, pepper, and leather, finishing on praline, mineral, and white pepper. Expect the Rey Sol's dark fruit, butterscotch, and cocoa in a younger, brighter frame, with the highland agave leading and a long, warm finish. Honest note: the most historically important aged tequila on the shelf, from a founding highland house, at a fraction of the decanter brands — the sipping añejo for the drinker who wants the story and the value. Neat, in a snifter, or a tequila Old Fashioned. The original reserve.

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