Cascahuin Extra Añejo Gran Reserva
Cascahuin · Tequila Cascahuin S.A. de C.V.
Cascahuin is a family distillery that has operated in El Arenal since 1904, and this extra añejo shows generations of knowledge in how long to let agave and oak converse. Five years in barrel is the threshold where tequila can lose its identity to wood, but here the agave remains the protagonist. A serious sipping tequila that rewards contemplation.
Nose
Rich cooked agave sweetness opens, layered with dark chocolate and butterscotch. Oak and leather develop, with a warm cinnamon spice running underneath. A faint vanilla custard quality rounds out the nose.
Palate
Full-bodied and silky. The agave character persists through five years of oak aging — cooked agave and honey — with dark chocolate, tobacco, and a controlled oakiness that adds structure without bitterness. A hint of dried fruit emerges late.
Finish
Long and warming with leather, vanilla, and lingering cooked agave sweetness that fades slowly into earthy minerality.
- Agave
- 100% Blue Weber Agave
- Production
- Brick oven cooked, tahona and roller mill crushed, natural fermentation
- Region
- El Arenal, Jalisco, Mexico
- Cooking Method
- Brick oven cooked, tahona and roller mill crushed, natural fermentation
- Distillation
- Double distilled in copper pot stills
- NOM
- NOM 1123
- Additives Free
- Yes
Food Pairing
The dark chocolate and cinnamon in both the tequila and the mole create a deep resonance, while the agave's sweetness lifts the chili-forward sauce and the rich, falling-apart beef.
The Rosales family has operated Cascahuin from the same small distillery in El Arenal since 1904, and this five-year extra añejo represents their most patient expression — aged entirely in American oak under Jalisco's dramatic temperature swings.
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