The trilogy is lastly full as we have a look at the final expression within the Mijenta tequila lineup, following its blanco and reposado. It’s a fancy spirit (from a newly minted B Corp), so let’s dig into the main points:
Mijenta Añejo Gran Reserva is an eighteen-month aged expression of the model’s award-winning, sustainable, and artisanal Mijenta Blanco. A restricted amount of Blanco is reserved within the cellars to be aged and blended. Mijenta’s Añejo is aged for greater than 18 months in 4 completely different oak barrels — American white oak, French oak, French acacia casks, and cherry barrels — leading to a extra complicated, intense, and exquisitely well-blended expression of Mijenta. Fastidiously crafted with a dedication to environmental sustainability and help for the local people, the Añejo Gran Reserva provides probably the most unique product from the model to-date, priced at $170 with simply 360 instances produced from the primary batch.
Replace: In late 2025, Mijenta moved its anejo manufacturing to its different distillery, NOM 1499, the place it produces blanco and reposado, after about 5 years of constructing (solely) anejo tequila at NOM 1412. We obtained a recent bottle of anejo from the new-old NOM 1499 at the start of 2026. Opinions of each variations of the tequila observe.
Mijenta Tequila Anejo Gran Reserva (2022, NOM 1412) Evaluate
As with Mijenta’s reposado expressions, this anejo is quiet and mushy, fruity with notes of recent apple and balanced with vanilla and caramel notes. Peppery agave emerges in time, ultimately providing a frivolously herbaceous spray of greenery that, whereas not completely balanced with the up-front fruit, is a minimum of complementary to a level.
The palate leads with the pepper and spice components earlier than discovering its method to a surprisingly savory midpalate. Considerably chalky on the physique and pushy with notes of bell pepper and clove-heavy spices, the tequila ultimately settles right down to let some notes of chocolate and a barely blunt vanilla extract character come by way of. A touch of cherry fruit emerges late within the recreation, however whether or not that’s pushed by the aforementioned cherry barrels or one thing else is a thriller. Bracing and a bit salty on the end, the tequila by no means fairly finds an ideal through-line the way in which the reposado does, bouncing round earlier than ultimately fading out, leaving pepper clinging to the again of the throat. Possibly 4 barrel varieties is asking for an excessive amount of from the bottom spirit — to not point out your pockets.
80 proof. NOM 1412. B+ / $170 [BUY IT NOW FROM FROOTBAT]
Mijenta Tequila Anejo Gran Reserva (2026, NOM 1499) Evaluate
From the bounce, it is a extra evocative and spicier tequila, a minimum of on the nostril, with briskly herbaceous aromas backed up by dessert-class sweetness within the type of vanilla and butterscotch. The mix works nicely, and time in glass evokes stronger spice notes, specifically black pepper.
The palate continues this yin-yang expertise between candy and savory, a fragile balancing act for any tequila however one which Mijenta’s 1499 rendition appears to do nicely. If the top, it will definitely meanders its far more towards its savory components, discovering equilibrium within the type of dried grass, dried mint, and coconut husk. Coconut stays a theme because the palate develops, turning toasted earlier than culminating in a creamier word on the end, layered with milk chocolate and vanilla, hinting at lemon curd.
Much less complicated than the 1412 rendition however extra fulfilling (and extra conventional), it’s as crowd-pleasing an anejo as you’re prone to bump into nowadays.
80 proof. NOM 1499. A- / $199 [BUY IT NOW FROM FROOTBAT]
Mijenta Tequila Anejo
USD170
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