Rated during a Tequila Club presentation. Very gracious and attentive owners in attendance. Lots of spice, some pepper, and for 5 years of barrel aging, significant agave still in the mix. A touch on the sweet side for my tastes, but by no means cloyingly so. Check out their Añejo expression - it is the pick of the litter, IMO.
Nose: On first pass, oak, white pepper and barrel spice. Some dry mineral presence and trace vanilla. The spice elements need a little time to bloom, opening up to an allspice, cardamom, ground ginger and clove amalgam. Maybe a hint of cedar shavings. Flavors: Semi oily mouth feel. Bold white pepper and butterscotch. Buttery with barrel oak center stage - yet leaving room for the agave. Citrus, orange note. Cinnamon red hots. This is not a timid profile. The sweetness and strong vanilla that I found in the blanco are not overpoweringly present in the repo. Finish hangs around. This is no cookie cutter tequila. I would like more information on the age and type of barrels used in the aging. This might be my only quibble here...
Tropical fruit (banana) nose, nice mouthfeel and spicy finish. A little sweet for my palate.
Vanilla. Pepper. Good value blanco from Las Américas. Blind tasting 4/28/2019
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Tasted blind in 2019. Nose is agave and herbs. Nice viscosity with solid legs. Agave sweetness with some white pepper, sweet caramelized agave and a very nice finish of great length.