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Corralejo Reposado Tequila
Tequila Reposado — Guanajuato, Mexico
Reviewed
June 28, 2020 (edited July 17, 2020)
Neat in a wide tulip glass. An eye-catching blue bottle and yellow label, but looks and feels a bit cheap: a gold-trimmed 80s throwback that could probably use an update for the modern authenticity movement. Regardless, it's whats inside that matters.
A pale pear juice in appearance with a pleasing syrupy weight. Reticent legs eventually appear to slowly crawl down the glass. A classic and enjoyable aged agave nose - sugar syrup, vanilla, cooked bell pepper, a dusting of salt and expressed lime. Little to no ethanol. Occasionally skews into tropical fruit territory.
Light and somewhat zesty on the tongue. Beet sugar flashes quickly to black pepper, then to caramelized onion. Vanilla syrup with notable viscosity and body. More cooked bell pepper and sporadic tropical fruit forays. The metallic notes and mineral acidity pucker the mouth just a tad and tingle pleasantly, lingering despite the low-ish proof. Some of that is standard for agave spirit to my palate, some is certainly attributable to craftsmanship.
Extremely easy to drink. I find this more one-dimensional than the critical review, but am in no way complaining. This is delicious and approachable. It goes on sale in my area down to $25 (handles for <= $40) which i think is an absolute steal. This compares quite well to most "ultra premiums" (whatever that means) at around half the cost. I'd lean toward this as an easy sipper vs. cocktail fodder despite its affordability. It's so smooth and quaffable that I'd fear it'd get lost in anything but the most spirit-forward mixed drinks.
25.0
USD
per
Bottle
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