The nose is delicate. I smell some cooked agave with hints of vanilla and oak. The is a sweet ethanol note that’s actually pleasant. I taste sweet cooked agave, caramel and a whiskey oak barrel. It’s more dry than sweet and it has a nice finish with hints of pepper. This was $27 for a liter in Austin, TX. The depth of flavor would be its shortcoming but for the price this is a must buy. Salud!
Nose: Fresh Agave, lemon grass, minerals Taste: Agave, Pepper, Vegetal, Spice, Mint, slight alcohol and an agave sweetness on the tail end. Finish: Its a mouthfull of flavors with a nice long peppery finish. It drinks like a higher proof for a 40 abv tequila. It's an agave forward earthy spicy tequila. I dig it! This flavor profile is perfect for me and that’s why it earned high marks. It’s $22 a liter so that also helped. ¡Salud!
Older Mexican bottling 35%. $115 pesos. ($6.00 USD) Nose: Agave, berries, and barrel spices. Nice floral notes. Flavor: Fruity with just a hint of barrel aging. Honey, agave and light pepper. Berries persist in the flavor with some licorice. Another surprisingly good bargain offering from NOM 1146.
Tequileña’s bargain bottling. Mexican 38%. $255 pesos ($13 USD). Nose: Round fruit notes, agave and some barrel spice. Flavor: Vanilla, pepper, a fair amount of sweetness and some bitterness. Finishes with pepper heat. Not bad. An edit as I’m on my second glass. This is a guy that can’t make bad tequila. Kudos.
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Tequila Cimarron Blanco is an excellent tequila, a great value and fantastic for parties. Cimarron has been made for the bar and cocktail market which fits perfectly because it is very straightforward and clean.
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This a very standard, run of the mill blanco. The flavor profile is basic and inoffensive, with some sweet cooked agave, spicy white pepper, alongside some earth and vegetal notes. From a budget standpoint this tequila is a very strong contender. I got this 1 L bottle for $23 (an equivalent $17.25 for 750 mL), which is less expensive than other budget brands I typically see like Olmeca Altos or Tres Agaves. Not to mention Cimarron seems to have a richer, more traditional flavor. This can easily compete with bottles you might see in the 40 dollar range.