In 1758 the Spanish crown granted Don Jos Antonio de Cuervo land to grow agave in Jalisco Jose Cuervo 250 Aniversario is the extra aejo tequila that marked the 250th year of that lineage. Released in 2008 from the family’s reserve stocks of 100% Blue Weber agave, it is aged in oak, finished in Spanish sherry casks, and bottled at 40% ABV in individually numbered, hand-blown glass decanters set in a solid oak presentation box. The pour is quiet and polished: cooked agave, butterscotch, and vanilla, with dried fruit and a late flicker of pepper. Cuervo has released few bottles rarer than this one. Serve it like a fine Cognac neat, in a snifter, at the end of a long dinner.