Old bottle still lingering on the booze shelves from a blissful time of yore when a $30 bottle constituted a luxury good. Haha, what have esoteric pursuits done to me? Started daydreaming about brandies so pulled this for a little baseline reference. Quite thin, light, and decidedly one-note, but captures the pleasantly quintessential magic of apple, if a little subdued - a bit sweet, crisp, tart, and bitter. I will have to swallow some prejudices agains NGA (65% of the blend)... this is nothing like a rotgut mixto tequila. There is flat out nothing harsh here, no “cheap vodka” burn. I’ve forgiven much more expensive whiskies for worse offenses. Simple, pleasant enough, and just fine for the money. In short, you could do much worse.