Corazon de Agave Expresiones Eagle Rare Barrel Aged Anejo Tequila 750ml

Corazon Expresiones Eagle Rare Anejo is part of the 2024 Buffalo Trace barrel-aged tequila collection from Corazon de Agave. This release rests Casa San Matias' Highland anejo tequila for 17 months in barrels that previously held Eagle Rare 17 Year Kentucky Straight Bourbon - the long-aged Eagle Rare in the Buffalo Trace Antique Collection. Bottled at 80 proof / 40% ABV with a 100% estate-grown Blue Weber agave mash.

Expresiones del Corazon is a collaboration between Corazon Tequila and Buffalo Trace Distillery in Frankfort, Kentucky. Buffalo Trace empties barrels from its most allocated American whiskey programs - including the Buffalo Trace Antique Collection - and ships the freshly emptied casks to Casa San Matias in Acatic, Los Altos de Jalisco. Corazon fills each barrel with its Highland Jalisco anejo or reposado tequila and rests the spirit in the residual whiskey compounds that have soaked into the wood through years of prior maturation. The filled barrels are stored in the first row of the aging facility - the level with the most controlled airflow - and tasted every two months until the desired character is reached.

Corazon Tequila is distilled at Casa San Matias, Mexico's fourth-oldest tequila distillery (NOM 1103), with more than 130 years of continuous production. The base tequila is 100% Highland Blue Weber agave, slow-cooked in traditional stone ovens, then pressed, fermented, and copper-pot-still distilled.

The Eagle Rare 17 Year donor barrels are some of the longest-aged BTAC stock - 17 years in Kentucky oak before Corazon takes possession. The depth of bourbon character those barrels carry gives Corazon Expresiones Eagle Rare Anejo a particularly rich, dessert-leaning profile, with the 17-month finishing window long enough for the residual Eagle Rare character to fully integrate into the cooked-agave base.

On the nose, it shows smooth, rich cooked agave layered with deep vanilla, caramel, and well-aged oak. The palate brings rounded agave, dark caramel, baking spice, and dried fruit from the long-aged bourbon barrels, and the finish carries a long, warming close with lingering oak spice.

• Size: 750ml
• Proof: 80 (40% ABV)
• Age: 17 Months in Eagle Rare 17 Year bourbon casks
• Category: Anejo
• Release: 2024 Expresiones del Corazon Collection
• Origin: Acatic, Los Altos de Jalisco, Mexico
• Distillery: Casa San Matias (NOM 1103)
• Donor Barrels: Eagle Rare 17 Year (Buffalo Trace Antique Collection)