NOM 1580 40%abv

Nose: Roasted Tomatoey-Orange, dried flowers/orchid notes, Coca Cola, sweet celery, intense vegetal savory celery notes, roasted fennel bulb. After being open for a few hours the dried flowers become more complex and prevalent. And the tomato note and the celery notes become less compact and less intense and more integrated into the Coca Cola, fennel, notes in nice ways. Palate: Musty vegetal notes, celery again bleeding quickly into an intense orange Coca Cola/RC Cola, roasted almond. Sweet aloe. Sliding into white peppercorn and mintyness Finish: artistically astringent white pepper and celery notes. Faint mineraly sweetness. Lime and bay leaf Overall: I picked this up for $33. It’s really good for that price. It isn’t the most complex. It doesn’t have a ton of innovative flavors or aromas. It is tasty tequila that mixes really well. I would be disappointed if I’d paid above $40 but it’s pretty good at first crack and I’ll get it gets better as it oxidizes some. Looks like their website says it’s a combo of tahona and roller mill and brick ovens and high pressure auto claves.

Caminante Premium Blanco: NOM 1580: 40% abv ——Initial Tasting—— Aroma: Cooked Agave, BlackPepper, Citrus, Wet Concrete, Smoke, Fruity. Taste: Cooked Agave, Black Pepper, Cinnamon, Citrus, Smoke. Finish: Oily mouthfeel, medium to long slightly warm finish. Mildly sweet after opening up. Smoke dissipates both in aroma and taste after expression opens up. Bargain of a sipper at $40 locally. Rated it 89 on Agavematchmaker.