Where most aejos settle into one barrel style, Casa Dragones Aejo Barrel Blend is a 100% blue agave sipping tequila built from two separate maturations in new French oak and new American oak, blended into a single 80 proof pour. The house’s tasting language is specific: floral pear and fig on the nose with almond, macadamia and nutmeg over blackberry on the palate, and a long round finish of cacao and spicy black pepper. The oak stays a frame here rather than the picture, so the agave still reads through the barrel. Take it neat or over one large cube the house’s own recommendation and let the aromatics open as it melts.