Aroma is oak heavy and whiskey-like. Slight hint of cooked agave at the back of the aroma. Flavor is complex with floral notes, wet stone, burnt caramel and oak. Very nice. Finish lingers with slight heat and nice complexity of flavor. I admit that after the aroma I was not expecting to like this as much as I did. I am not a fan of heavy oak/barrel flavors and that is what I expected from the aroma. But, the flavor had a great complexity and avoided the one-note barrel flavors. Very good. 12/24/2020 - 8th Annual Xmas XA tasting
Holy shit is this sweet!!! Tastes like they added agave nectar to the bottle and let it dissolve over time, this will rot your teeth out of your head. I can see this being enormously popular with people who want to drink tequila without actually drinking tequila.
It has been an XA night. Very bourbon forward, this is not like other product from this distillery and over sweetened. Good flavor from the barrel along with vanilla, caramel and some alcohol.
we tried this from the first lote when they first were abailable = 2017? i dont remember exactly when. bought a bottle of each of Zee's expressions. we liked this one better than the white label because this one wasn't excessively sweet. it was more whiskey forward.