Bargain for its price $20 Value Joven in the market and works great to be an introductory expressions to anyone exploring tequila. Flavor profile does it job in providing the singularity of a blended blanco and an aged expression.

Nose: Vanilla and a touch of butterscotch right up front, cooked agave hiding behind it. Also getting a touch of pineapple rind, which is interesting. Definitely a green/grassy note. Not bad, but overall a little thin. Palate: Cooked agave is there but hidden behind the vanilla and very light. There’s definitely some baking spice and cinnamon, some spicy notes. Very thin mouthfeel, the flavor dissipates quickly and the finish is short. Overall:This really isn’t bad, and I think for softer cocktails that aren’t too tequila forward, it will probably be great. I imagine it makes a good margarita. But overall, something is missing, it’s just lacking that depth of flavor that I really want. The flavor is great, the sweetness is nice, but it feels like it’s missing that punch to take it over the edge. I get the impression that a still strength expression would be really damn good, or even if they bumped it up to 43-46% abv. It really does hit a lot of good notes for me, which makes it almost frustrating. I want to love this, but it’s just lacks that agave boldness that I’m craving. I’d still recommend it as a decent budget mixer, I’m gonna be making a margarita with it right now, but definitely you can do better.

This is an interesting joven created by blending 2 separately distilled products, one from a copper pot still and another from a column still. A variety of barrels are used to age some part of the distillate resulting in a spicy earthy agave presence that is quite compelling. Agave, black pepper, caramel, and a tingling ethanol finish that belies the 40% ABV make this a delicious and quite unique product.