What is the difference between Anejo Blanco and Reposado?
What is the difference between Anejo Blanco and Reposado?
Tequila's Classifications Are All in the Aging Reposado is aged for between 60 and 364 days (less than one year). Anejo is aged for at least one year, but less than three years. And extra anejo, the most recently added classification, is aged for at least three years.
What is a Reposado?
Reposado literally translates to mean restful, or in this case, rested. That is exactly the difference between Reposado tequilas and blanco or silver tequilas. Reposado tequilas have been aged for at least two months, but perhaps as long as a full year, in oak barrels.
What is an anejo tequila?
Añejo tequilas are aged from one to three years, and are considered the best type of tequila for sipping because of their smoother flavor. Añejo means “vintage”, and they are darker than reposado tequilas.
What is the difference between types of tequila?
Silver or Blanco Tequilas Are Made for Mixing Tequila at its most basic is often called a “blanco” or silver tequila. This tequila is not aged, so it offers the consumer a more unadulterated flavor from the agave plant used to make it. Typically, blanco or silver tequilas are clear in color.