Mi Familia Flores Añejo Tequila

Syrupy after a few sips

Anxious to delve deeper into the world of tequila ( especially as the new lady in my life is a bartender keen on showing me the great world of spirits outside of Whiskey ), the same friend who recommended the rather excellent Embajador Supreme Anejo also whole heartedly endorsed this tequila. So I decided to give it a try with the intent to grab a bottle of Extra Anejo if this was indeed quite tasty. The nose is heavily agave forward as with many tequilas. Vibrant, zesty citrus brings the party and a little vanilla with oak rides up the rear. The taste opens up rather innocently with gentle, sweet butterscotch. Mid taste you notice how intensely SWEET this tequila is. Wow. The taste is almost devoid of the familiar, herbal agave taste. Instead it bursts with flavors of vanilla, caramel and bananas. The mouth feel is a rather pleasant tingling/slight numbing reminiscent of Szechuan peppercorns ( but do not mistake - there isn't a pepper bite. Just a bit of tingly numbness mid tongue. ) As the taste transitions into finish, you do pick up a little bit of agave but on the much sweeter end. A bit of tannic oak and toasted bread mop up the sweetness quite well but really, that sweet tingling lingers to the finish. This is unlike any tequila I've really ever tasted. It might be just a tad sweet for me, but absolutely works well when sipped neat out of a Glencairn glass. But this one works mighty well as a dessert pour perhaps after a particularly spicy dinner. Yum!

Nice flavor, very smooth