Santo Añejo, 100% Agave Tequila
Brilliant, pale, golden color. The nose is bold, offering scents of brown baking spices, oak, citrus zest, and tropical fruits with hints of cigar box, vanilla bean, and cremé brulee. The palate is in full agreement with the nose delivering a rich fruit-driven core with waves of vanilla cream, toffee, desert brush, black pepper, and hints of clove and nutmeg. Ideally balanced with superb length and the proper complexity for after dinner sipping. $75 – 4 Stars
Cierto Private Collection Blanco, 100% Agave Tequila
Brilliant, crystal clear. The nose is very aromatic with scents of fresh cut herbs, spring flowers, baked agave and aloe with hints of citrus and earth. The palate echoes the nose while delivering more sweet agave than the nose reveals with supporting notes of mineral, black pepper, citrus, and sea salt. Medium-bodied with bright acidity that gives lift and elongates the baked agave core accented by generous spice notes. $89 – 4.5 Stars
Cenote Ahumado Tequila
Brilliant, pale, golden straw color. The nose is intriguing with scents of wood-aged avage spirit with accents of citrus, earth, and campfire smoke (not Mezcal levels of smoke), vegetal notes. The palate echoes the nose delivering an earthy, baked agave center with generous notes of smoke, wood, and spice finishing with black pepper accents. Medium-bodied with competing flavors of earth, smoke, wood, and agave. $75.99 – 3 Stars
Bribon Blanco, 100% Agave Tequila
Brilliant, crystal clear. The nose is filled with the scents of spring flowers, white sugar, green tea, and hints of earth and salt. The palate echoes the nose delivering a sweet, fruity core with waves of vanilla, fresh herbs, iodine, pepper, and powdered sugar. Medium-bodied with good balance thanks to a vibrant dose of citrus and black pepper on the finish. $19.99 – 3.5 Stars
Cenote Blanco, 100% Agave Tequila
Brilliant, crystal clear. The aromatics are subtle with scents of citrus zest, mineral, baked agave, and salt. The palate is in full agreement with the nose delivering an agave and citrus-driven core with sour, green fruits, green vegetal notes, and subtle wood tannins. Medium-bodied with good balance due to the generous spice accents arising on the finish. $45.99 – 3.5 Stars
Quintaliza Reposado, 100% Agave Tequila
Brilliant, deep gold to light amber color. The nose immediately reveals that there is something different going on when coffee leads the aromatics supported by scents of oak, black pepper, baked agave, leather, and caramel. The palate echoes the nose delivering perhaps a bit more baked agave than the nose with flanking notes of oak, brown spices, and cocoa nibs with hints of sea salt and pepper. Medium-bodied and ideally balanced with an original marriage of coffee and aged Tequila. $80 – 4.5 Stars
Inspiro Luna Blanco, 100% Agave Tequila
Brilliant, crystal clear. The nose is filled with the scents of baked agave, tropical fruits, and baking spices punctuated by accents of pine needles. The palate echoes the nose while delivering rich fruit-driven core with supporting notes of vanilla bean, lemon zest, and faint hints of butterscotch. Medium-bodied with ripe agave fruit with generous spice notes and a bright, citrus finish. $56.99 – 4.5 Stars
Inspiro Rosa Reposado, 100% Agave Tequila
Brilliant, crystal clear with a light salmon color. The nose is filled with the scents of baked agave, caramel, and baking spices with dried red berries and wild honey. The palate confirms the nose delivering a red berry-driven core with waves of tropical fruits, toasted nuts, and vanilla. Medium-bodied being fruit-forward with loads of spice and a touch of cinnamon. $76.99 – 4 Stars
Lunazul Primero Añejo, 100% Agave Tequila
Brilliant, crystal clear. The eyes deceive the nose as you expect a burst of fruit at first nosing but get a complex oak-driven nose with waves of honey, caramel, ripe red apples, and subtle brown spices. The palate is more explosive than the nose delivering a rich and silky oak and baked agave dominant core with anise, allspice, tarragon, and vanilla bean in support. Ideally balanced with a generous dose of citrus on the finish that keeps it vibrant and crisp. Lunazul Primero is aged for 18 months in American oak and then filtered to strip all color. $29.99 – 4 Stars
Tromba Blanco, 100% Agave Tequila
See the Full BevX Featured Review & Beverage of the WeekBrilliant, crystal clear. The nose is amazingly complex and generous with loads of ripe agave, ripe pineapple, wild flowers, honeysuckle, citrus zest, and white pepper. The palate echoes the nose being lush with ripe agave supported by vibrant layers of citrus, earth, sea salt, coriander seed, and lime. Medium-bodied with bright acidity that gives the generous fruit great balance and length. $34.99 – 4.5 Stars
