My friends are a bad influence on me. I am arguably a die hard whiskey fan. Of every taste I have written up on this beautiful and sacred website, only one was non-whiskey and ( surprise surprise ) it was another Anjeo Tequila. I think some of my friends are just trying to bounce Anejos off of me as they are the most "whiskey like" of tequilas. I was tricked one day during a dinner outing. A friend of mine ordered an old fashioned for me at a nice restaurant. I was surprised... the taste caught me off guard. It was an old fashioned but.... sweeter. The notes were somehow brighter than I remember... with a twang of herbal kick. What was this wonderful drink? Then it was revealed to me. The old fashioned was made from Anejo Tequila. After asking around, the majority of Tequila folks around me recommended Casamigos as a good starting point. So I picked up a bottle of this stuff, some bitters and an orange and decided to make myself a Tequila old fashioned. But before I did, I poured myself a dram of Casamigos Anejo neat in a Glencairn and set off to tasting... The nose smells of bright, zingy citrus and that familiar herbal, fresh cut grass tequila hit. But there's also something a little sweeter underlying that bright nose, perhaps a bit of butterscotch. The palate is incredibly subtle, almost undetectable. When I smell tequila I almost instantly expect the jarring, medicinal herbaceous lightning bolt of face puckering alcohol hit that I received from cheaper tequilas of my youth but....no. This stuff isn't even close. In fact...I rather LIKE this. Oh no.. am I converting? The flavor profile is decadently sweet, tasting of nilla wafers and marshmallows. There is a hint of smoky, charred oak but really... the taste is overwhelmingly sweet. I can pick up a little bit of spice - not herbal but more peppercorn type spice, too. The finish brings back the familiar herbaceous taste of tequila. A bit of mint ( not the cooling, rather the herby punch of it ) mixes with some lemon peel for a more classic tequila finish. The finish is quick and light ( compared to whiskey, not sure how it compares to other Anejos ). What a pleasant surprise this was indeed. Thinking of tequila conjures up memories of scantily clad girls in night clubs pounding down shots of Patron to the ubiquitous party anthem by the same name by Lil Jon. But a tequila to sip and enjoy like whiskey? One that has a great presence in an Old Fashioned? Hell... sign me up.