Rey Sol Extra Añejo
Rey Sol · Casa San Matías
Rey Sol is an extra añejo that respects its raw material. Where many over-aged tequilas become indistinguishable from brandy, this one retains a clear agave backbone even as the French oak contributes serious depth and that signature smoky toast. The Samuel Meléndrez-designed sun bottle is just a bonus.
Nose
Cooked agave weaves through layers of caramel, butterscotch, and toasted oak. A distinct wisp of smoke sits beneath darker notes of chocolate and dried tobacco leaf. Vanilla and cinnamon round out the aroma.
Palate
Silky and full, with agave sweetness meeting dark chocolate and coffee. The five years in French oak contribute a refined smokiness and toasty depth without erasing the agave's identity. Leather and nutmeg build in the mid-palate.
Finish
Exceptionally long, with smoke, oak, and caramel fading slowly into a warm, spiced close.
- Agave
- 100% Blue Weber Agave
- Production
- Brick oven-cooked, roller mill extraction, double distillation in copper pot stills
- Region
- Jalisco, Mexico
- Cooking Method
- Brick oven-cooked, roller mill extraction, double distillation in copper pot stills
- NOM
- NOM 1137
- Additives Free
- Yes
Food Pairing
Dark mole with braised short ribs
Made at Casa San Matías in the Jalisco Highlands, one of Mexico's oldest continuously operating tequila distilleries founded in 1886, Rey Sol is aged exclusively in French Limousin oak — the same barrels prized by Cognac houses.
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