Tastes

nose: a homemade milk chocolate orange, vanilla, oak, cooked agave, sweet tongue: warm chocolate, orange and vanilla. great agave flavor. has an earthy tone in its background. this is a sweet añejo, perfect for after dinner. it has a great viscosity that lingers just the right amount on your tongue. LOVE. great value. delicious.

Johnathan Barbieri, Distiller Bottle 568 of 1671 Lote: 17-BOT 45% Nose: super bright botanical scent. Immediately, I’m getting juniper and star anise. It’s a permeating smell. I poured 1oz and sit it on my bedside table and could smell it from the other side of my queen bed. Second smell I get the note of coriander, fennel seed, and nutmeg. The mezcal is underneath the botanicals, as it is the base. I get a vegetal smell, like a green pepper or mint. It’s obviously very herbaceous. Smells sweet. Taste: I can definitely see how this could be a sipping gin. I’ve never sipped gin before, as I’ve only used it in some cocktails. I find this very pleasant. The 45% hits your tongue in a pleasant wave as you savor the botanicals with the espadín base. I find it to be overwhelmingly juniper forward but with some spice and citrus underneath to help balance it out. My go to gin cocktails are an aviation and a gimlet, I think this would excel there. I’ve never had a Negroni but I’d be interested to try one traditional style and one with this pierde almas +9 botanicals to be able to compare/contrast. Very delicious as a sipping gin though. I could see this being used as an aperitif or digestif truly. Depends on the meal. I bought this because I was so intrigued by a gin and mezcal combo and for the $80 USD I paid, I feel that it was worth it.

LR3000 Nose: dried fruits like pineapple or mango. Green pepper. tropical with notes of natural leather and a touch of acetone. Taste: it hits your tongue like an explosion. very bold flavor. I definitely get a taste of tropical fruit like pineapple or mango but it is fleeting or overpowered by a smoky punch with an acetone finish. When it first glazes over my tongue I almost feel like it has a leather quality to its viscosity. Lots of leather and spice in flavor. It’s reminiscent of whisky…or the idea of whisky that’s aged in barrels. Has a certain level of spice to it and it lingers on your tongue long after you’ve swallowed. Edit review

Lote: PAZ020919 55% Nose: definitely get notes of banana and natural cocoa bean or dark chocolate upon the first sniff. I get a mineral in the background. I also get a hint of freshly cut wood, something akin to pine, and citrus in the second whiff. Taste: wow what an explosion of flavor in your mouth! It definitely packs a punch at 55% but with such complex flavor. The banana flavor comes through as a banana that is just about to ripen enough for it to be sweet. Really wonderfully complex mezcal.

Bottled in 2021. Spring Lote: 7 Nose: vegetal, lightly cooked agave, citrus/bright Taste: light acetone, rich vegetal flavor like a pepper…definitely herbal with notes of mineral and earth. Not so much smoke. Definitely a bright mezcal. Feel: soft, kind of watery viscosity. Maybe even a little salty feeling. Overall great flavor and at a great price point. I bought this to expand my collection so I would have a cupreata.

Lote: 10-P 2017 Nose: dried fruits, light anise, nutty aroma Taste: meaty, leather like, savory, anise!! What a treat! It’s silky feeling in my mouth with a bite due to the 49%. I can’t believe how delicious this is.