sipped this outside the hotel in old town San Diego at the 2013 SOM with Ed. fun times

Super sweet aroma and palette. Very heavy on the vanilla. A hint of barrel sweetness and oak but overall, tastes and smells like a birthday cake.

Sweet? Yes. Has additives? For sure. Overpriced? 100%. But it’s pretty tasty and has a solid aroma. Lots of raisin, baking spices, caramel and brown sugar through out. Definitely not my preferred tequila profile but I gotta be honest, it wasn’t all that bad.

At El Agavero Restaurant: The aroma is soft with cooked agave, and vanilla, but with prominent ethyl sting while the taste is soft and not complex with cocoa, vanilla, citrus, slightly vegetal, a minute lick of unidentifiable fruit, brine and a alcohol taste slightly reminiscent of rubbing alcohol. A bit too sweet and easy to drink for me to enjoy regularly but overall I feel this would be up a novice tequila lovers alley in the beginning of their journey.

This is a typical example of a NOM 1438 brand. All unnaturally sweet, cloying, fake fruit, vanilla cake batter. Pepper is present on the finish on all expressions with this line. They get sweeter as you move from Blanco, Repo to Anejo. At the point of tasting this, NOM 1438 has 185 brands. What sets them all apart? The Name and bottle design. If you like sweet, these will satisfy you. For those looking for traditional, well made tequila this is a hard pass