Don Julio 1942 Anejo Tequila 1.75L

Don Julio 1942 Anejo Tequila 1.75L

This añejo tequila is aged up to 32 months in recharged American white oak ex bourbon barrels, but is said to be at least two and a half years old or just 6 months short of qualifying to be termed an extra añejo. It is distilled in pot still No.6, a small still filling just 3 barrels per distillation.

1942 commemorates the year that the eponymous late Don Julio González started making tequila and it was launched in 2002 to commemorate the 60 anniversary. It is presented in an elongated amber bottle shaped to resemble an agave leaf. The present bottle and gift box was released in 2010, the original had lighter and greener coloured glass and was slightly more squat with a black and white photograph of Don Julio himself gracing the top of an agave shaped leaf label. The old bottle was good but the new, sleeker more elegant bottle is even more impressive. The Don Julio 1942 Anejo Tequila is a two wine gold medalist at the San Francisco World Spirits Competition in 2020 and 2022.