Alianza Sin Aditivos Marca
Phenomenal value repo from none other than 1123 Cascahuin. In a blind this can swing with the heavyweights, from nose to pallet. Sweet agave, spices, creamy, delicious start to finish. Great bang for your buck, worth stocking up in the $40-50s.
42% Square Bottle. Nice rich agave nose with barrel notes. Palate is alright with an odd finish
Nose: A nice punchy sweet agave aroma. Full bodied with earth, olive, pepper, mild vanilla, and grassy elements at play. Orange peel mixed with subtle fruit notes of cherry, plum, tropical fruits, and grape skins. Minor herbal and vegetal notes as well. Palate: Medium body with thick viscosity. Damn this is good. Sweet agave up front which covers my tongue very well. The fruit enters the show in the mid palate with cherry, grape skins, and light tropical fruits. Finish is very pleasant and lasts quite a while
After first inhaling the aromas of CDL, I immediately went down and grabbed a pour of Siempre Vivo. While CDL gets its smoke note from earthen pit cooking, Vivo does it through fermentation (my guess). These don’t have the exact nose but they do remind me of each other. The CDL has a nice agave nose with a touch of smoke that follows. It is earthy with minerals coming out. It smell vegetal aromas with a touch of citrus and brine. A slight alcohol presence. On the tongue this is beautiful. Nice cooked agave and the flavors from the earthen pit. A bit of black pepper and minerals it is even a touch fruity. I get pineapple and citrus fruits like lemon peel. The viscosity is good and the finish lingers. It is unfortunate that this is such a unicorn and so bloody expensive. It loses points for price. The Vivo I compared it with is a much better value.
Clean agave. Classic Cascahuin profile on the nose and palate. Slight bitterness mid palate that switches to pepper and follows through on the finish. It’s nice
Sweet citrus, orange peel, cooked agave, light spice, very agave forward. Light barrel notes.
Nose: agave raw / earth / mineral / pepper and vegetal / smoke / pineapple/ grapefruit/ lime / bell pepper/ sage / lavender/ alcohol Taste: pepper/ vanilla/ sweet agave /cinnamon Bomb! /pineapple/ grapefruit / lime / anise / spearmint/ tobacco/ cream soda Finish: very low viscosity mouthfeel that coats the palate in a gentle way / lingering sweet agave, cinnamon, vanilla, and pepper combine into a highly unified flavor that still allows individual notes to pop out / gentle and delicate cessation of the sip is in stark contrast to bold flavors that start the sip This blanco is something special. It has a balanced, harmonious set of tasting notes that create a singular unified taste. To my palate, that is one of the signs of mastery of the art of tequila; a memorable singular taste that is a combination of the many flavors, yet the trained palate can detect each note if they wish too, or just decide to taste Cerro de Luz, as though the expression itself IS an actual singular flavor. Thoroughly enjoyable and delicious, though I feel the nose is a bit weak.
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this is the rating for the 42 ABV Reposado