These Are the 14 Best Sipping Tequilas for Any Budget

Featured in Men's Health, by Spencer Dukoff and Mike Darling

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No lime. No salt. No problem. The best tequilas are not meant to be quickly slugged back as a shot or dumped into a sugary margarita mix. They're for slower, sophisticated sipping, so that you can better appreciate the bright, pure agave flavor of a blanco, the subtle vanilla, almond, or chocolate notes of a reposado, and the more robust oakiness found in an añejo.

 

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Casa Dragones Añejo Barrel Blend

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Do you love scotch or bourbon, but you're nervous to make the jump to sipping tequila? Start with this full-bodied añejo from Casa Dragones. This particular tequila is matured in new French Oak and new American Oak barrels, which are then blended together at the end of the aging process to create a distinctive, rich tequila containing notes of pear and macadamia nuts. A translucent toffee color mimics the appearance of some of its brown liquor counterparts, but don't get it twisted: This is unmistakably tequila.