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Jose Cuervo Especial Gold Tequila
Tequila Mixto — Tequila Valley, Jalisco, Mexico
Reviewed
May 20, 2018 (edited August 15, 2018)
The nose is lemon starburst and scratch-and-sniff grape-scented stickers dissolved in paint thinner, with a pinch of salt and pepper. The entry is somewhat harsh, with an explosion of salt and artificial lemon. The whole thing tastes like "yellow". The finish is earthy, but not quite vegetal or anything else associated with a good lowland tequila, just kind of dirty. Drinking this makes me feel dirty. I will dump the rest of it in a margarita, as Nature intended.
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I just tried El Jimador for the first time. It's pretty good, but I think I just like highlands more.
@cascode It's a crime that this is synonymous with "tequila" for many. SO many better ones! I still think I prefer any tequila in a margarita though, if in the mood. After tasting it of course :)
@cascode @WhiskyWitch I used this ages ago in high school for a science experiment. Was to show how turbines can run on high proof alcohol. Coincidentally, a friend used it for the science experiment to show how this can be used as an insecticide.
I just checked and amazingly this is more expensive than El Jimador or Espolon in Australia. The power of marketing :-(
@WhiskyWitch Why ruin an innocent margarita? The last time I tasted this stuff must have been 30 years ago. It must have been just as bad then because it turned me off any spirit made in Mexico for three decades. Thankfully I know better now, but this snake venom should be a prohibited substance.