Most Expensive Tequilas
December 16, 2008
Many people may not be aware that this drink that often gets the most cheers at pubs and bars, even ladies’ night outs, called Tequila is not everybody’s cup of tea especially when its premium brands are considered, which can sometimes cause one to even break the bank with its sky-high prices! Yes, tequila may have taken the world of spirits by storm, but downing shots with lime and salt isn’t the one way to take to this hot-mix, which many people also wrongly assume is from Mexico and affordable to boot!
Neither belief is true as Tequila originated from Texas and the most expensive tequilas can only be afforded by those with deep pockets or even a yen for bankruptcy, as the latest tags of these luxury bottles suggest, according to news reports from Forbes and other channels focusing on premier bar accompaniments for the man who knows how to stay in the spirit.
oday, luxury tequila brands are pegged at hundreds and thousands of dollars each with some of the containers decorated with precious stones and hand-worked in glass etchings besides gold and silver inscriptions on them. For example, last summer, the Tequila Ley .925 (a Mexican company) won a mention in the Guinness Book records for the most expensive bottle on sale (a jug made of white-gold and platinum that stored the firm’s prized ‘Pasión Azteca’ tequila, with a price tag that set the buyer back by $225,000!! The company’s CEO claims to have said another couple of bottles of this luxury Tequila ever since the first grand sale!
While for most upmarket buyers and imbibers of this cool spirit that instantly charges up the live-wire quotient in drinkers, tequila is looked upon as a warm, full-bodied, straw-coloured drink with the better brands allowing one to absorb hints of sweet honey and dried flowers when sniffed closely and flavours of toast, peppery spice, prune and honey experienced on the tongue, for others even the $250 tagged bottle of 750ml Gran Centenario Leyenda Extra Anejo is top-class tequila. Why it gets the ‘extra Anejo’ tag is because its made of best blue agave so is super-smooth and finely distilled, thanks to 15 years aging for unrivalled richness and complexity of texture and taste! Pick a bottle next time you’re feeling rich!
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