This is not a shot. This is the bottle you pour two fingers from, sink into a chair, and let it do its thing. Reserva de la Familia is the Cuervo family's own private reserve, 100% blue agave, aged in oak until it goes deep amber and turns silky. Think caramel, cocoa, warm spice. The kind of tequila that makes you slow down. Late-night wind-down or a proper occasion, this earns the moment.
Pour it and the nose hits soft and rich: cooked agave, vanilla, toasted almond, a little dried fruit and that warm oak-and-cinnamon thing. First sip is smooth, almost no burn for a tequila. You get caramel and dark chocolate up front, butterscotch underneath, then a gentle pepper-spice that keeps it from being sweet for the sake of it. The finish is long and velvety, oak and cocoa hanging around long after the glass is empty. Complex without being fussy.
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Where it's from
Made in Mexico by Jose Cuervo, the oldest name in tequila. This blend was the family's closely-guarded private reserve for generations, shared only with close friends, until 1995 when they bottled it for Cuervo's 200th anniversary and called it the world's first extra añejo. Every year it ships in a collector's box with artwork by a different Mexican artist, the first painted by Joel Rendón. So you're literally drinking the family's good stuff.
Good to know
- What is the price of Jose Cuervo Reserve Familia Extra750ml?
Jose Cuervo Reserve Familia Extra750ml is KSh 12,899 at Oaks & Corks. Order online for fast delivery across Nairobi, usually within the hour, or next day countrywide.
- What does Jose Cuervo Reserva de la Familia Extra Añejo 750ml taste like?
Smooth and rich. Caramel, dark chocolate and butterscotch up front, with cooked agave, vanilla, toasted almond and a touch of warm spice, finishing long and velvety with oak and cocoa.
- What is the ABV?
It's 38% ABV, in a 750ml bottle.
- How do I serve it?
Neat at room temperature in a snifter or small tulip glass. Let it open for a minute. No salt, no lime, just sip it like a fine whisky.
- What pairs with it?
Dark chocolate, a cigar, aged cheese, caramel desserts, or slow-grilled nyama choma. It loves rich, savoury and sweet-roasted flavours.
- Where is it from?
Mexico, made by Jose Cuervo. It's the Cuervo family's private reserve, first bottled in 1995 for the brand's 200th anniversary as the world's first extra añejo.
- What makes an extra añejo different?
Extra añejo is the most aged class of tequila, sitting longer in oak than añejo. That extra time is what gives this one its deep amber colour, silky body and all that caramel-and-oak depth.
Jose Cuervo Reserve Familia Extra750ml
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Jose Cuervo Reserve Familia Extra750ml price in Kenya
Buy Jose Cuervo Reserve Familia Extra750ml online in Nairobi, Kenya for KSh 12,899. Order now for fast delivery across Nairobi — usually within 30 minutes — or next-day delivery countrywide.