Tastes

Neat. Nose is moderate intensity and delicious with caramel, butterscotch, oak, agave, some light fruit such as pear, and hints of baking spice, vanilla, and green herbs. Taste starts with agave, honey, pear, oak, vanilla. Then develops with some barrel char, pepper, anise, slight spearmint, and green herbs. Finish is dry and not particularly sweet with some slight oak tannins, vanilla, and anise. Overall, it's very good. Smooth with well balanced and pretty flavors. There is some complexity here, but can be easily overlooked as the flavors can be mild. Additive free and the natural flavors support this and is appreciated. Best enjoyed neat, slowly sipped in a quiet room. Use as a mixer would be a waste as the flavors would be overwhelmed.. Value is tricky. I have a few favorite repos that are 1/3 less..but then I see that bottle of Clase Azul for double this and it is far inferior to this bottle, while keeping a similar flavor profile (without the obvious additives)

Neat. Nose of sweet fruity cooked agave, slight oak, honey and vanilla. Also some tropical fruit such as a grilled pineapple and earth. Taste is agave sweet, herbal (anise), tropical fruits, floral, black pepper, vanilla, and minerals. Finish is floral and sweet balanced with some spice and oak tannins. Very delicious and unique. The wood notes are subtle and complimentary, letting the blanco flavors come through. One of the best in this price range and better than many more expensive bottles

Neat. Nose is great with lots of cooked agave, minerals/earth, vegetal with grass and herbs, and a little floral and citrus. Taste starts with rich and fruity agave, peppercorns, floral vanilla, balanced with some soft minerals, brine, and a hint of butter. Finish is sweet and herbal Delicious and unique. A good value even with my inflated 1L/local gas station markup

Neat. Brassy in color. Nose is cream soda like.. sweet and vanilla, a touch of oak. Taste is sweet, but less so than Clase Azul. Cream soda and a touch of oak, cinnamon and black pepper. Finish is just sucralose and artificial oak, some caramel. You know you bought this for the bottle. The juice inside is dominated by additives. It doesn't taste bad in the way that processed candy tastes good. I'm sure it's tasty for non tequila drinkers. Think 80 proof cream soda schnapps. Not for connoisseurs.

Neat. Color is a beautiful golden straw with long legs. Nose is cooked agave, noticeable minerals and earth, grass, oak, light smoke, fruit, slight vanilla, citrus, pepper.. Taste is cooked agave, brine, pepper, oak, caramel, butterscotch, vanilla, cinnamon. Finish is dry, sweet, and lightly bitter with oak tannins, vanilla, citrus peel, black pepper. Overall a tasty and unique tequila that's worthwhile for connoisseurs and collectors or those looking for something different. Value is marginal for a frequent sipper

Neat. Light straw in color and long legs. Aroma is bright with some ethanol. Agave fruitiness dominant, with citrus, herbal, vegetal, oak and minerals. Notes of butterscotch, nuts, vanilla, and honey are in the background to explore rather than having them so up front. Flavor is more bright agave fruit with anise, mint, brine, oak, vanilla, warm cinnamon and allspice, light caramel/butterscotch and nuts. Finish is a little oily, sweet, cinnamon, light oak tannins Maybe a little toward the younger of anejos, but I really like the way it's still agave forward with the wood aging notes playing harmony instead of dominating. Lots of flavors here to find. Definitely reward to relax and sip with. Very good value considering the quality

Neat, older NOM 1143/'swoosh' bottle. Nose is agave, earth/minerals, citrus, vegetal, black pepper. Taste is sweet and pleasant with agave, green herbs (including a hint mint), minerals, black pepper, orange peel, sucralose. Mouthfeel is moderate. Pretty smooth even for a freshly opened bottle Finish is sucralose, brine, pepper. I wouldn't call this a connoisseur's tequila, but it is very drinkable and a step above many sub $20 tequilas. I would be interested in tasting the new blanco from a different contract distillery as I did like the anejo from NOM 1603

Neat. Straw color with long legs. Nose is clean and pleasant with some expected heat, agave, hints of oak, wood spices, herbs, earth, light caramel and vanilla. Taste starts with agave and is quickly dominated by heavy hot cinnamon. After that initial kick, it fades back a bit, light caramel, vanilla, mint, anise, other baking spices make an appearance. Finish is long and dry with sweet and hot cinnamon and herbal bitterness A unique bottle in my collection as it is a high proof reposado. This has more whisky and bourbon heat and spice than other tequilas. This would be a great crossover bottle