Lunazul Reposado Tequila

Rating: 12/23 N: Floral, mineral, sweet. A bit on the light side. A little bit of vanilla and wood, but it maintains some of that classic agave character as well, bringing in a little bit of herbal and vegetal scent. Not bad, but it does all end up a bit light and muddled. P: There's more presence here than on the nose, with a richer, more bitter agave character coming out. It's still quite floral with a clean spring water mineral sweetness, so it's better for a refreshing summer margarita than a fall or winter dram. I get a little bit of wet cardboard, but it kind of works. It's nowhere near as extreme as in Gran Centenario Reposado or San Matias Legado Blanco. There's a little bit of spice in here as well, with cinnamon being the most prominent flavor. This does have more of that agave tartness and saltiness than El Major Añejo does. F: The finish isn't all that rich. It's kind of sweet and papery with some spring water mixed with a dash of vegetal and light caramel flavor. It's inoffensive, but pretty bland. Like Lunazul Blanco, I initially find myself quite impressed by this one. I get a fair amount of character to it and there's perhaps a tad more complexity even now that there's that little bit of wood in this. Still, in comparison with other tequilas, it's light and a bit flat. I'm looking at the 11 to 13 range for this one. There's enough complexity that I think it at least avoids a 10 and there's nothing particularly bad about it flavor-wise, but it kind of falls flat with too much light mineral character. It really just leaves me wanting something with more character. I prefer El Mayor for its richness, but the gap isn't as large as I might have thought (probably just 1 point, but there's a bit too much ethanol coming out in this, so it could be 2 points). I've compared this with Cabo Wabo Blanco and El Mayor Añejo and determined that I like this the least of the three. It is therefore a 12 at best, but, unfortunately, I really think it's an 11. I'm still very borderline though. I've been doing a lot of cross-category comparisons against bourbon with these three, so I might as well continue. I would probably take this over Ancient Age, but I would prefer Evan Williams Bottled In Bond. Neither is far closer than the other, so that puts this right in the 11 to 12 range. Considering that if anything I would raise the ratings of both Ancient Age and Evan Williams and that at times I though that this might match Cabo Wabo, I'll go ahead and give this a 12.

There was a time that I thought I did not like tequila because I had only had Jose Cuervo. But having a nice agave, Reposado tequila makes me know that I actually really, really like Tequila. This is salty, with a tad of barrel wood remnants. I don't know that I can pick out a lot of tequila flavors yet, and yet I find this very pleasant straight from the glass, no mixers.

We always keep a bottle of this in our house. Very smooth. Great for sipping and mixing

Quite pale color. Sweet notes of agave and caramel. Moderately smooth. Good for the price.