Tasted at Sip Tequila Fest

tried at distillery on the BAT 2023 first cristalino without additives. Grassy on low nose. 4 mo repo pipones. Charcoal Filtered. it's OK but I prefer their other expressions better

One of the three top Cristalino’s being produced right now. Still showing some light barrel notes followed by agave and floral notes. Light sweetness.

Vanilla forward (not in an overly sweet way), soft on the palate, floral. A good one to pour for those starting out on their tequila journey. Additive free cristalino reposado. Tasted at the El Tequileno tasting room

Tasted at the distillery, this is a 4 month Reposado filtered clear. Tastes natural enough but side by side with the regular Blanco and Platino and Reposado this is last in all categories. Interesting but not a recommend.

for a cristalino, it's just about the best one along with Volcan. There is no additives in this

I’m not a fan of cristalinos but this one is nice. It’s got the vanilla notes of a Repo with some of the floral notes of a Blanco.

Tasted at Distillery

Aromas of lime and cooked agave, similar to the blanco, with the light hints of oak and vanilla. The flavor is sweet agave all the way through. Leads into an ultra mellow blanco finish with some lingering cinnamon and slight heat. Talk down on Cristalinos all you like, but this one is a good one.

More vanilla than blanco, but slight

I don’t like Cristalinos. I don’t see the point to them. With that said. This is additive free and it’s easy to drink but very boring. But if I had to drink a cristalino this is the one I’d go with.

Good for a cristalino ….. some oak smell and flavor

Good but not impressed.

Clear, not much of the oily legs in the glass. Aroma of agave and citrus. Flavor was bland and medium finish. Not a huge Cristalino fan. The filtering takes away too much.

Hmmmm, a Cristalino that smells and tastes like tequila, what gives?!? This is an anomaly, really doesn’t profile like something that has been filtered. I still think Cristalinos should be avoided and are monkey shit, this one is delightful.

Peppery and sweet agave mixed with brine/salt, earth, some lime, citrus and hint of wood. Finish medium leaving pepper and sweet agave mingling in your mouth.

Nose: A surprising amount of agave aroma: the filtration process must have been deftly executed. Ripe tree fruit, some pitted fruit (cherry?) and citrus. Quite floral. Trace earthiness and light black pepper. Flavor: The pleasing aromas mentioned above, are somewhat muted in the tasting. There’s a fair amount of pepper heat, some salinity and abundant natural sweetness. It sits nicely on the palate. A light cedar note shows up in the finish. Cristalinos are not my thing - that being said, this is worthy of a try. Definitely the best of the currently produced Cristalinos. It would be an appropriate tequila for a newcomer not ready for a full on tequila experience.

Primer cristalino que pruebo y por otros comentarios pensé que estaba horrible pero: Aromas: agave, cítrico, caramelo, vainilla, pimienta Paladar estaba más o menos lo mismo un poco picoso al bajar pero buen sabor a caramelo y dulsoso

The Cristalino process smooths this out way too much for me. Rates high in finish as it was exceptionally smooth which is as expected.

Agreed that this really just tastes of alcohol and pepper. Not very smooth or flavorful, and very harsh. El Tequileno’s platino blanco is much better. Not really sure how they let this one leave the distillery…

Harsh in the sense that it’s just the alcohol and pepper

Lote: RC08130323, bottled on 29-04-2024, tasted in El Tequileño’s tasting room on 7-30-24. Transparent. Aroma: hint of cooked agave, hint of vanilla, after 15 minutes in the glass I smell agave fibers and the agave note becomes sweeter. Palate: confirms aromas perceived but very subtle and soft, good thing it doesn’t taste overly sweet nor cloying. Finish is short, hint of cooked agave with a hint of agave fiber with a hint of vanilla is present but dissipates rather quickly.

Perfect Blanco, great aroma on the nose, excellent after taste.

Vanilla, oak, caramel, sharp

Peppery vanilla