Don Valente Perfeccion Immaculada Extra Anejo Tequila
Don Valente Perfeccion Immaculada Extra Anejo Tequila is a 750mL extra anejo bottled at 40% ABV (80 proof) for the US market — the flagship of the Don Valente range from producer Marco Antonio Jauregui Huerta of El Arenal, Jalisco (NOM 1450). Per the producer, it is aged nine years in fine French oak barrels, well beyond the three-year extra anejo minimum, arriving dark amber with intense golden hues and a thick body. It is available to order online at Del Mesa Liquor.
- ABV: 40% (80 proof), US bottling
- Size: 750mL
- Age: 9 years in French oak, per the producer (extra anejo minimum is 3 years)
- Origin: El Arenal, Jalisco, Mexico — producer Marco Antonio Jauregui Huerta (NOM 1450)
- Style: Extra anejo — dark amber, thick body (producer description)
- Awards: Gold Medal, 90 points — Bartender Spirits Awards 2023; 82 points — London Spirits Competition 2023
The Top of the Don Valente Range
Don Valente is the house brand of Marco Antonio Jauregui Huerta, a small family producer in El Arenal, in Jalisco's Tequila Valley lowlands (Los Valles) — brand-level records describe a traditional process of brick-oven cooking, roller-mill extraction and double distillation in copper pot stills. Perfeccion Immaculada — "immaculate perfection" — is the bottling the range is built around: an extra anejo the producer rests for nine years in French oak, then presents as the house's defining aged tequila. It has been judged on its own name: Gold and 90 points at the Bartender Spirits Awards 2023, and 82 points at the London Spirits Competition the same year, both entered under Jauregui Huerta as producer. Browse the house on the Don Valente vendor page and more extra anejos in our tequila collection.
Tasting Notes
Per the producer: an aroma of cooked agave, nuts, almonds, chocolate, vanilla, dried fruits and fine oak; flavour of intense oak with cooked agave, almonds, nuts and vanilla. The Bartender Spirits Awards' own entry notes are more restrained — a dry, smoky nose, roasted amber colour, a balanced palate with clean caramelised agave, and a short finish — and both sets are printed here with their attributions rather than merged.
How to Enjoy
Neat, in a stemmed glass, given time — nine stated years of oak ask for a slow pour, not ice. A single large cube is the most it wants. More long-aged tequilas are in our tequila collection and the full range in our spirits collection.
Frequently Asked Questions
How long is Perfeccion Immaculada aged?
Nine years in French oak barrels, per the producer — three times the three-year minimum the extra anejo category requires. One retailer lists white oak instead; the producer's own copy, used here, says French oak.
Who makes Don Valente tequila?
Marco Antonio Jauregui Huerta, a family producer in El Arenal, Jalisco — the NOM 1450 distiller named as this expression's producer by both awards bodies that judged it.
Did Perfeccion Immaculada win any awards?
Yes — a Gold Medal with 90 points at the Bartender Spirits Awards 2023, and 82 points at the London Spirits Competition 2023, both under its own name.
The flagship, nine stated years in the making — order Don Valente Perfeccion Immaculada Extra Anejo Tequila online from Del Mesa Liquor in San Diego, CA.