Cava de Oro Tequila Anejo

Cava de Oro Tequila Añejo is the Partida family's core aged expression, rested over a year in oak and bottled at full strength. It is the everyday sipper in the range — the one to keep open rather than save.

Process & Profile

Distilled at NOM 1477, Tequila Puerta de Hierro, in El Arenal, Jalisco, from Blue Weber agave grown on Partida family land. The family has farmed agave in the region for more than six generations; Don Gildardo Partida Meléndez and Doña Leticia Hermosillo Ravelero began planting for tequila production in the 1990s and built the distillery beside their own fields in 1999. Master tequilero Alberto Partida ages this expression more than twelve months in oak, working with the house's French oak program, and bottles it at 40% ABV (80 proof). Tastings.com scored it 85 points.

On the nose, cooked agave, vanilla pod, butterscotch, and warm baking spice.

On the palate, caramel, toasted oak, black pepper, roasted agave, and a faint citrus lift.

The finish is medium-long and rounded, with sweetness carrying further than the spice.

This is the reference point for the rest of the line — the Cristalino starts here before filtration, and the five-year Black is what happens when the same distillate stays in wood four more years. The añejo shows the house style at its most direct: sweet, oak-forward, easy to drink, deliberately not austere.

Serve neat or over one large cube in a rocks glass. Good with carne asada or anything off a charcoal grill.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is this tequila?
An añejo tequila from the Partida family's El Arenal distillery, aged over a year and made from 100% estate-grown blue agave.

What are the specs?
750mL, 40% ABV (80 proof), aged over twelve months in oak, NOM 1477, 100% blue agave.

What does it taste like?
Cooked agave, vanilla, and butterscotch on the nose; caramel, toasted oak, and pepper on the palate, with a rounded, sweet-leaning finish.

How should you enjoy it?
Neat, or over a single large cube with grilled meat.

Why is this release notable?
It is the base distillate behind the house's Cristalino and five-year Black, aged in French oak rather than the usual ex-bourbon casks.