I finally opened up a new bottle from my stash last night. After having Whiskey every weekend for weeks, was in the mood for something totally different, and this delivered faultlessly. Mezcal is unique...it's distilled from agave plants, but the distillation technique sets it apart from tequila. The difference shows in terms of a crisper, grassier flavor with a strong smoke profile. And these small village micro-craft distilleries produce it organic, natural fermentation (no yeast), and nothing added except the agave , local water, and intense sun. The smokiness here isn't the same as Islay or Islanders, where the peat is blasted constantly by salt and wind. This is the smokiness you get from heat. More like ground charcoals. The flavor profile is grassy, charcoal smoky, with some sweetness from the variety of agave. Highly recommended as a departure from whiskey, something equally good but different.