This is my first time trying Mezcal. A buddy of mine bought a bottle and I've been keen to try Mezcal. As I'm a whiskey head through and through and am starting to dip my toes in the Tequila pool, many Tequila/Mezcal faithful have told me that I'm likely to enjoy the inherent smokiness of Mezcal. The nose is dominated by Umami smoke. It isn't an acrid, charred wood type smoke like some heavily peated whiskey. Rather, an earthy and rich, savory smoke. Reminds me of those underground ovens, slow roasting Barbacoa. There's also some tart tomato on the nose, cutting nicely through the salty rich smoke. Upon first taste, there's definitely a salty and savory quality about it. Cured ham, barbacoa, oceanic sea salt and fire roasted tomatoes. It is rather difficult to taste each flavor individually - the complexity doesn't come in stages the way a good Whiskey would. The umami lives on through the finish but along with it that, briny and salty sea water as well. A little longer through the finish, as you breathe through the mouth; a bit of tartness lives on. I'm not sure if its that tomato from the nose and taste, as its such a faint whisp that just catches the end of the finish. I don't have a basis to score this Mezcal on, as it is my first but I'm happy to give this an agreeable 3.75. I am quite interested to try others now and obviously as my palate expands, this score may change in the future.