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Cascahuín

Jalisco (Los Valles)
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chuck u farley
Tequila Ninja
170 ratings

Lou Agave (Long Island Lou Tequila)
Tequila Badass
434 ratings

rating adjusted even higher than in my video

chuck u farley
Tequila Ninja
170 ratings

Mike B (Great Lakes Tequila Club)
Tequila Phenom
362 ratings

More oak notes than I would have expected, imparting cherry, vanilla, oak.

Mike B (Great Lakes Tequila Club)
Tequila Phenom
362 ratings

Tasted at a distillery tour and really enjoyed this one

Mike B (Great Lakes Tequila Club)
Tequila Phenom
362 ratings

Rated this blind as the top HP blanco of a 6-set tasting, really surprised by that. Very inviting fresh aroma of agave, grass, and citrus. More citrus, pepper, and brine on the flavor. Long finish.

Chris Ancell
Tequila Badass
417 ratings

Aroma is full of vegetal notes. (As an aside, I usually have a glass of Suerte Leguas blanco as a “cleanser” and the Brix is more vegetal than the 7L…very surprising.) after a time, black pepper emerges fairly strongly. Vegetal aroma Carrie’s over as the primary flavor. Nice bite of peppery heat shows up fairly quickly. Nice long warm finish. Side-by-side tasting of Aniversario-Cerro-Brix. Of the three, I would choose the Brix as #1. 4-4-2003

Chris Ancell
Tequila Badass
417 ratings

Initial aroma has a distinct mineralogy along with sweet fruit. Over time, a smokiness begins to emerge along with black pepper. Flavor has a more raw agave sweetness that smoothly moves to slight smokiness and then a peppery heat. Medium finish. Compared to the Aniversario, the Cerro seems more integrated/cohesive. Rather than blocky/chunky flavor jumps (Aniversario) the Cerro moves smoothly from one point to another. Side-by-side Aniversario-Cerro-Brix 4-4-2023

Chris Ancell
Tequila Badass
417 ratings

Complex and evolving aroma. Initial sweetness followed by distinct smokiness which then moves to a cooked agave, mineral and brine. Flavor has an initial sweetness that moves to pepper and smoke. Heat at the back end that lingers in the finish. So many things about this one lean toward “mezcal-like” but it is clearly tequila and not mezcal (thankfully from my perspective). Side-by-side tasting of Aniversario-Cerro-Brix. 4-4-2023

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