Don Cayo Extra Anejo Tequila
Don Cayo Extra Anejo Tequila is a 750mL extra anejo bottled at 40% ABV (80 proof) — 100% blue agave from El Arenal in the Valley of Tequila, Jalisco, rested a full five years in French oak, two years past the extra anejo legal minimum. It is the top of the Don Cayo range, a valley tequila given a long, quiet French-oak maturation that turns it dark, honeyed and caramel-deep. It is available to order online at Del Mesa Liquor.
- ABV: 40% (80 proof)
- Size: 750mL
- Age: 5 years in French oak
- Origin: El Arenal, Jalisco, Mexico — Valley of Tequila
- Agave: 100% blue agave
- Cooking: Slow-roasted in traditional stone/clay ovens (range-level retailer copy)
- Distillery: Tequilera Puerta de Hierro, El Arenal
Five Years of French Oak in the Valley
Don Cayo is made in El Arenal, one of the gateway towns of the Valley of Tequila, where the range's agave is slow-roasted in traditional stone and clay ovens. The Extra Anejo is where the house style stretches out: where the Anejo rests 20 months in French oak, this bottling stays for five years — well beyond the three-year extra anejo minimum — until the wood has given it the deep amber colour and the caramelised, honeyed weight that define it. Retailers who stock the range describe a consistent house ladder, blanco to extra anejo, all built on French oak; this is its top rung. See it alongside the rest of the house on the Don Cayo vendor page and in our tequila collection.
Tasting Notes
As described across retailer listings for this bottling: a dark-amber pour with warm caramel and vanilla first, then cooked agave and honey butter on the nose; caramelised agave and vanilla on the palate deepening to oak, maple and a whisper of smoke; and a long finish of rounded sweetness and gentle oak. An older product-sheet description overlaps — intense honey and fruit with pronounced wood and caramel, and a complex, sweet palate of fruit and cooked agave.
How to Enjoy
Neat, in a stemmed glass, at the end of the evening — five years in French oak has made this a sipping tequila in the aged-spirit sense, closer to a fine cognac serve than a cocktail base. More extra anejos are in our tequila collection and across our spirits collection.
Frequently Asked Questions
How long is Don Cayo Extra Anejo aged?
Five years in French oak barrels — two years longer than the three-year minimum the extra anejo class requires, and far beyond the range's 20-month Anejo.
Where is Don Cayo made?
In El Arenal, Jalisco, in the Valley of Tequila (the lowlands), at Tequilera Puerta de Hierro, from 100% blue agave grown in the surrounding valley.
What makes French oak different for tequila?
French oak tends to give finer-grained tannin and spicier, more delicate vanilla and caramel tones than American oak — over five years it produces the honeyed, maple-and-oak depth described for this bottling.
Five years in French oak, from a valley town that lives on tequila — order Don Cayo Extra Anejo Tequila online from Del Mesa Liquor in San Diego, CA.