El Tesoro Mundial Collection: 2025 Yamazaki Edition Añejo Tequila
El Tesoro Mundial Collection: 2025 Yamazaki Edition Añejo Tequila
El Tesoro Mundial Collection: 2025 Yamazaki Edition Añejo is a limited-edition collaboration between El Tesoro of Jalisco, Mexico, and Yamazaki Distillery of Japan — a cross-cultural bottling unlike anything else on the tequila shelf. Distillers Carlos Camarena and Shinji Fukuyo finished El Tesoro Añejo for 12 months in authentic Yamazaki 12-Year-Old Japanese sherry and wine casks, bridging two of the world's most revered spirit traditions.
The nose opens with cooked agave, red berries, warm spice, and a delicate dusting of Japanese oak. The palate is bold yet refined — sweet agave, dark berry fruit, toasted spice, light sherry richness, and a clean, layered finish shaped by the Yamazaki cask influence. Serve neat in a tulip glass or copita at room temperature to let both halves of the blend speak. This is strictly a sipping tequila, built for a slow pour rather than mixing.
El Tesoro has been distilled at La Alteña in the Jalisco highlands since 1937, using traditional tahona and stone-oven methods. The Mundial Collection is an annual limited series pairing El Tesoro with other world-class spirits producers; the 2025 Yamazaki Edition is one of the most ambitious collaborations in the lineup to date.
Tasting Notes
Shipping
We will work quickly to ship your order as soon as possible. Once your order has shipped, you will receive an email with further information. Delivery times vary depending on your location.
Manufacturing
Our products are manufactured both locally and globally. We carefully select our manufacturing partners to ensure our products are high quality and a fair value.
Why Gifted Pour recommends it
A bottle that bridges Jalisco and Japan makes a thoughtful gift for the collector who already owns the classics. El Tesoro Añejo, made from 100% blue weber agave at La Alteña in the Jalisco highlands using traditional tahona and stone-oven methods, was finished for 12 months in Yamazaki 12-Year-Old Japanese sherry and wine casks under distillers Carlos Camarena and Shinji Fukuyo. The result is a limited-edition sipper that opens with cooked agave, red berries, and warm spice, then moves into dark berry fruit, dark chocolate, cinnamon, vanilla bean, and light sherry richness, closing long with oak, sweet spice, and a faint minerality. It suits a milestone moment such as a promotion, a retirement, or a heartfelt thank-you to someone who appreciates both tequila and Japanese whisky. Because it is built for a slow pour rather than mixing, the recipient can open it after dinner, pour a small measure neat, and let the two traditions unfold glass by glass.
Pairs well with
- Dark chocolate and roasted nuts — The tequila's own dark chocolate, cinnamon, and toasted spice notes echo the bitterness of cacao and the warmth of roasted nuts.
- Aged cheese board — Its dark fruit and light sherry richness give a sweet counterpoint to the savory depth of aged cheeses.
- Promotion or retirement toast — A limited collaboration bottle with a long, layered finish of oak and sweet spice suits a milestone worth savoring slowly.
Questions about this bottle
How is this different from regular El Tesoro Añejo?
This edition takes El Tesoro Añejo and finishes it for 12 months in authentic Yamazaki 12-Year-Old Japanese sherry and wine casks, a collaboration between distillers Carlos Camarena and Shinji Fukuyo. The cask finish layers dark berry fruit, light sherry richness, and a delicate touch of Japanese oak over the cooked agave core.
What does it taste like?
Expect cooked agave, red berries, and warm spice on the nose, with hints of vanilla, caramel, and toasted bread. The palate brings sweet agave, dark berry fruit, dark chocolate, black pepper, cinnamon, and orange peel, finishing long with oak, sweet spice, and a faint highland minerality.
What is the best way to drink it?
It is meant to be sipped, not mixed. Serve it neat at room temperature in a tulip glass or copita so both the tequila and the Yamazaki cask influence come through. If the recipient prefers it chilled, a single large clear ice cube slowly releases its vanilla and spice notes.
Is this a limited release, and what size is the bottle?
Yes. It is a limited-edition bottling from the Mundial Collection, an annual limited series pairing El Tesoro with other spirits producers, and this 2025 edition is a collaboration with Yamazaki Distillery. The bottle is 750 ml.
