If you like having Mexican style parties with your friends, you will definitely want to know which are the 11 Best Tasting Tequilas in the World, and surprise your friends the next time you all decide to wear sombreros and shoot your revolvers in the air. Just kidding about the revolver part, of course, but as far as the shooting part goes, you will definitely be doing some “shooting” once the bottle opens. If you find yourself in Mexico the next morning, even better! There is no bad time to take a shot of tequila, especially if you have a headache in the morning, after a wild night. Tequila has a slight positive influence on your health, and it doesn’t give you a hangover the next day. That proves to be true only if you drink a quality that’s 100% agave tequila, made in Mexico and not some cheap kind produced god knows where and from what ingredients. It is also known for lowering the level of bad cholesterol in your body, and ONE shot is great before lunch to open up your appetite, or ONE shot after lunch to help you digest your food more easily.
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Tequila is made from one species of agave, the blue agave, to be more precise, agave tequilana weber, var azul. Even though the classic tequilas taste great without any fruit or other notes, some tequilas that offer a combination of few different flavors (which, believe it or not, are not actual added flavors, but the result of the amount of time tequila spent in a barrel and the type of barrel), are actually more interesting to have a few shots of, or as a side drink with your coffee. In order to make a list of the best tasting tequilas, we had to take into consideration factors such as the combination of flavors, which can actually be subjective because tastes differ from person to person, but it still is an important factor for our list. The second, and the most important factor, in our opinion, is the price, because we all know that, for example, a $5 tequila cannot taste better than the one with a $30 price tag on it, and since we are talking about the price, you might also be interested in reading our similar article, and find out more about Most expensive tequilas in the world.
Without further ado, we present you the list of the best tasting tequilas in the world:
11. José Cuervo Silver
Price: $17.99 for 750 ml.
Taste: Agave, sweet oak, and pepper
This tequila offers you its best taste if you take it as a cold shot. The agave aroma combined with the mix of oak sweetness and pepper taste, goes smoothly down your throat, and doesn’t leave a strong afterburn feeling once it goes down. You won’t make a mistake if you use this tequila in a cocktail with some blended frozen red fruit like strawberry or raspberry, and add a few fresh mint leaves.
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10. José Cuervo Black
Price: $27.99 for 750 ml.
Taste: sweet oak
This actually is not a 100% agave tequila, but a mixto, nevertheless it is a quality tequila that includes sugar cane in its production. After spending a year in an oak barrel, it offers a slightly sweet taste, and it is a perfect choice for those who love to combine their tequila with Coke, but it also goes great with a slice of orange and one ice cube in a wide glass.
9. Don Eduardo Silver
Price: $30 for 750 ml.
Taste: Agave and pear
This tequila offers you the smooth Agave aroma, and leaves a nice pear aftertaste in your mouth after you drink it. It is quite oily, which means that it goes easily down the throat. The best taste is achieved if it is served ice cold.
8. Gran Centenario Reposada
Price: $30 for 750 ml.
Taste: Vanilla and sweet oak
Because of its aroma, this Reposado is best if taken ice cold and in a wide glass, not as a shot. It comes with a vanilla and sweet oak taste, and has a smoky pale gold color. This tequila is for those who love to enjoy in their drinks, and it offers a long finish without the strong bite.
7. Casa Noble Crystal
Price: $39.99 for 750 ml.
Taste: Citrus and pepper
This is one silky and smooth tequila, which comes with one of the hottest combinations, the citrus and pepper taste. Furthermore, it is quite oily, which means that is best for serving as a straight shot, ice cold, of course.
6. Don Eduardo Reposado
Price: $42 for 750 ml.
Taste: bourbon and sweet oak
This tequila waits in an oak barrel for six months, before it gets bottled. Once you taste it, you will instantly feel the almost bourbon-like taste as well as the presence of the sweet oak taste, and it also has that nice long finish as bourbons do.
5. Casa Noble Reposado
Price: $42 for 750 ml.
Taste: Vanilla, cherry, and coffee
This tequila represents one of the complex Reposados that have aged more than a year in a French oak barrel. It offers a quite interesting combination of cherry and vanilla taste, and a slight coffee flavor. This comes as a result of the long aging process.
4. Siembra Azul Anejo
Price: $53 for 750 ml.
Taste: Cocconut, cinnamon, vanilla, and butterscotch
This tequila is different than the others because it is fermented and distilled in the colder months in Mexico, and that allows it to have a slower roasting period, which results with a complex taste. Once you taste this tequila, you will feel coconut and cinnamon flavors, as well as a dash of butterscotch and vanilla. Now that is one interesting combination worth trying, and reason enough to put this tequila on our list of 11 Best Tasting Tequilas in the World.
3. Casa Noble Anejo
Price: $59.95 for 750 ml.
Taste: Butterscotch and dried papaya
This one is 100% Blue Agave, Anejo, and it is produced in limited numbers. It ages in French oak barrels, and offers notes of butterscotch as well as dried papaya. This tequila gives you a nice, pleasant feeling when you drink it, and the best way to have it, is with one ice cube, because you don’t want to water down the $60 taste.
2. José Cuervo Platino
Price: $59.99 for 750 ml.
Taste: Pepper, citrus, and floral
This tequila is made using the José Cuervo process called “Esencia de Agave.” The special procedure regarding this process is that the manufacturers recaptured and use the steam, and with that steam comes the flavor essences of the agave plant. Once you taste it, you will feel the hot, pepper-citrus aroma, which is followed by a certain nice floral taste. The best way to drink this tequila is ice cold and straight.
1. José Cuervo Anejo Reserva de la Familia
Price: $99.95 for 750 ml.
Taste: sweet oak
The number one in our list is the tequila that offers you a nice sweet, oaky taste, and goes smooth down your throat. The best way to drink it, is straight or with just one ice cube, and allow the blending and aging to leave that beautiful taste in your mouth. Please do not use this tequila for mixing with other drinks, because that is just wrong…
Well, we hope that you have enjoyed reading our article, and that you have learned something new. Now that you know the 11 Best Tasting Tequilas in the World, the only thing left to do is to find the one you like the most, and after a shot or two, brag to your friends about the tequila facts you have learned here, make sure that you tell them this after the first few shots, because later… well you know what happens when tequila is involved – “Little less conversation, a little more action please!”
