Aroma/Taste: The initial aroma hints at malolactic fermentation, with intriguing notes of Cotija cheese, banana, cooked agave, citrus, and raw yeasty dough. Upon tasting, the flavor profile unfolds with cooked agave, a blend of baking spices, and a touch of vanilla. The barrel aging tempers the lactic funk, resulting in a unique character. Finish: The finish offers a combination of cinnamon and black pepper, but there’s a slight harshness accompanied by a raw agave and solvent punch at the very end. Overall: While not my personal favorite, this tequila intrigues with its divergence between the initial aroma and the subsequent taste experience.

Nose- fruity, caramel, cinnamon, agave and slight licorice Taste- On the pallet this one is a little hot not in a bad way. With cinnamon upfront, fruitiness, vanilla and white pepper there’s a slight earthy note that also comes through and last all the way to the end. The way the fruitiness like pitted fruit and vanilla blends together really shines in this one.

Blind rating on 3/25/2024 Aroma: cinnamon at first followed by red fruit. There’s a bit of a spicy aroma along with a cedar/forest wood note. Get a little earthiness too and some baking spice. Kind of reminiscent of the faint smell of Banana bread in the oven. Flavor: interesting fruity dry sweetness. Tropical fruit and some baking spice again. That spicy note pops up again although I can’t put my finger on what it is exactly. There’s a dry sweetness that reminds me of rum. Finish: long with a more fruit forward element. Minimal burn in the lower chest.

Barrel on nose with a sweetness. Palate is enjoyable but didn’t love the finish. Overall was happy with this one. Tasted with AF 2024 Blind Repo.

Tasted blind. Strong aroma—something like cordials candy with a chocolate shell and cherry liqueur inside. Cherry and orange flavor with a thick mouthfeel. This flavor profile is not my favorite but I appreciate its additive free and will have to revisit when I can sit down with it.

Cedar wood and resin on the nose. Sipping from a Glencairn brings sweet agave brulee and a great ethanol kick which leads to a whole tongue tingle and a slow sweet finish. Tasted as part of 2024 AF Reposado blind. My highest score given.

Blind- Medium color. Sweet agave stands out in the aroma with hints of anise and citrusy lemon zest. Taste is in line with the aroma and it’s a clean finish.

Overall - "funky." Aroma - vegetal. Flavor - no sweetness, no vanilla, no wood/oak - hint of lactic. Finish - slight bitterness comes thru.

This one has the color of champagne or white wine N- green agave, dusty air, hay, vegetal, sliced bell pepper T- honey, vanilla, baked agave, jalapeno MF- thin F- long lingering heat

tasted in panel blind repo tasting 03/2024 was a little too funky for me

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Nose: agave, barrel notes, spearmint, caramel, butterscotch, dried fruit, orange zest, earthy, funky, pine, and honey Flavor: cooked agave, coconut, floral, notes of crème brûlée, barrel notes, cheesy funk, and light spice Finish: long, starts out with cooked agave and ends with white pepper spice

Blind tasting AF Rep samples: Very different. It’s very pungent with a lot of character and funkiness that will not be as pleasing to most palates. I really fell in love with all the flavor. Mushrooms, leather, hay, tangerine & light floral notes. It smells like it tastes. I kept coming back to this sample because it was so different. I rated it as my highest.

Nose - Agave, oak, minerals, white pepper, dark cherry/fruit, nutmeg Taste- Agave, vegetal, earth, dark fruit, oak, herbs, mint, Something I'm not a fan of decent mouth feel Tasting 2 Nose - Agave, Funk, citrus, oak, mushroom, olive, Taste- Agave, cheese, vegetal, soil, dark cherry, mint Tasting 3 Nose - Agave, cheese, oak, vinegar, olive, honey, fruits, orange peel, wet forest Taste - Agave, spice, Pepper, olive, vanilla, minerals, spearmint , this one has been one of the 2 toughest