Spiced up XA (cafe de olla without the coffee)

Nice XA A bit more of a bourbon profile than I like. Still a very good sipper.

Nose: Cooked agave, oak, vanilla, caramel Palate: Muted cooked agave, oak, nice overall balance. I get a nice fresh pepper that morphs into a hint of caramel sweetness. I'm glad I picked this up, and I'll definitely keep a bottle on the shelf. Price was $120 which is very fair considering the current state of prices. This is a very underrated brand.

As soon as I got this bottle a week ago I had several pours, it reminded me of Excelencia, so today I put them up against each other With the initial pour you can’t tell the difference between the two on the nose. As they sit, the Tepozan gets sweeter like agave baked with a brown sugar glaze. It’s delightful. Very light and easy on the nose. On the palate, is sweet, oak, very little agave, basically zero heat. There is a light leather late. The finish is a whole mouth cinnamon tingle that lasts. I think “smooth” is a lazy explanation of flavor, the Tepozan will be called smooth more than any other tequila I’ve tried. If you like Excelencia, you will enjoy the Tepozan. Very closely matched, just different enough to compliment each other. I had them at a tie until value, I have to give Tepozan an extra point for value and now it’s my highest rated XA Mixing the two would make the best tequila ever. An incredible value, and now a staple on my shelf.