Tastes

When you first nose this you get one dominant note- Rubber! Think freshly paved road and that's essentially what your smelling. Once it opens up, then you get clay, mesquite wood ash, and roasted agave. Taste is similar, big rubber notes and lots of smoke, followed by a vegetal note/roasted agave, and mineral notes. It would be top shelf, but what brings it down is that it is very alcoholic. At times you can work with it and other times it gets very hot that it'll numb you.

Despite the raving press for Casamigos, it's generic stuff. Taste is sweet, with notes of barrel char and vanilla, and a slight alcohol kick. I found it a little thin while others that were tasting with me found it rather alcoholic and harsh. I attribute that to the char note which is really pronounced. Beside that I can't say it stands out from any other tequila on the market. Not memorable.

Tried this in Cabo at a tasting and I wasn't impressed. It's incredibly sweet to the point that I was thinking it was a synthetic taste. The low abv kills the spirit's power and lets the barrels take over to produce a thin, sugar water tasting concoction that resembles more of a poorly made rum than a fine aged tequila.