NOM 1480 | The aroma presents an overt sweetness intertwined with honey, oak, cooked agave, and penetrating ethyl, complemented by notes of cooked sweet potato, pine, cinnamon and sugar, vanilla bean, and a faint ash in an emptied glass. On the palate, the experience includes cooked agave, banana, wood, cooked sweet potato, and bourbon/whiskey, with an off-putting saccharin sweetness. Additional flavors of plum, a vegetal tone, cream soda, cooked pineapple, lightly salted butter, and fruity notes with minute bitterness, cherry, and a minuscule dill tone add complexity. The finish is marked by the persistence of saccharin sweetness, fading cream soda, grassiness, freshness, and tangy citrus.

Not very complex, depth of flavors not very deep. It's okay

NOM 1457. 2008 bottle from the original NOM 1457 (La Quemada). Right off the bat agave forward with pineapple, nutmeg, cinnamon, chocolate, citrus, apple pie, butterscotch, almond, etc.. on the nose. Taste matches the nose for sure. Beautiful viscosity. Nice lingering finish. Damn good and complex masterpiece by Sebastian Melendrez who was the master distiller of the 1st Seleccion Suprema Herradura. One of the best añejos I've ever tasted til this day. Hard to find treasure bottle now.

NOM 1480 | Rated Blind for MBTC 2018

NOM 1480 | Rated blind. Harsh and not appealing. Brand used to be great...not anymore.

NOM 1480 | Rated blind for MBTC 2018.

NOM 1457 | Older Mexican 38% release, bottled March 2009. Dark amber color with some cloudiness present. Nose: Heavy oak presence. Burnt sugar, vanilla and trace cinnamon. Flavors: Wood, vanilla, trace acidity and bitterness. In retrospect, I think this was a bottle gone bad. I need to find another bottle and give it a revisit.

NOM 1457 | 2008 NOM 1457

NOM 1480 | Bottle: LOTE140ADA Appearance: Medium amber Nose: Whiskey, caramel, cooked agave, oak, rubbing alcohol, medicinal, cinnamon, honey, vanilla, fake fruit, tobacco, butter, acetone, and dried cherries…it’s what I imagine a Manhattan shaken in an old bottle of nail polish remover would smell like Palate: Cigarette ash, oak, whiskey, barrel spice, black pepper, baking spice, fake fruit, butterscotch, …thin mouthfeel and unpleasant, but not undrinkable, if that makes sense Finish: Short, oaky, and astringent…kind of a sour way to end an overall ‘meh’ experience Overall: At the liquor store, an employee recommended this along with Terralta Extra Anejo as his two favorite picks. This is completely bewildering in hindsight, as these two tequilas are such polar opposites in terms of quality that it makes me feel crazy for even mentioning them together in the same sentence. In fact, just about the only similarity I can honestly find is that they’re both on the more expensive end of the cost spectrum.

it has an interesting spice finish almost like a fruit cake.

NOM 1480 | On the nose it’s not bad. Got some agave, a little vanilla but I did get a lot of alcohol. Taste was very underwhelming. It’ll make a good mixer

NOM 1480 | Very vanilla nose followed by some alcohol if you take a slow, deep inhalation. The flavor and finish are more vanilla with more sweetness. Not overly sweet but still more than it should be. This finishes with chest burn. Overall this is a one note tequila.

NOM 1480 | NOM 1480. Vanilla aroma. Good taste, a little burn on the aftertaste.

Burn's. Bitter. Not much good flavor.

Buttery. Baking spice, oak and a little agave in the nose. Very carmel with butter and vanilla in the mouth. A little smoke and white pepper in the finish. This is great for cold nights.

NOM 1480 | Fruit, oak, and agave smell, agave and pepper taste. Has a subtle bite to it but overall pleasant. Very quick and abrupt finish. Somewhat Herradura-ish profile but more mild.

NOM 1480 | Nice agave with carmel and spice finish.

NOM 1480 | I'm in agreement with the majority here. I thought I saw a review online that had this as an outstanding drink. I'm finding I'm disappointed as my expectations were set high. Don't get me wrong it's not horrible, but money is better spent on something else.