Wow I like this one! Big nose on this one love the cooked agave and the minerals in this one!!
The aroma is bursting with agave and has some alcoholic harshness. The flavor hits the tongue with a punch of pepper and alcoholic heat, but very quickly mellows out with a wonderful agave sweetness the carries right through the finish. The 1123 concrete is distinctive and delightful.
This is an amazing blanco, one my favorites for sure. Nose: Cooked agave, wet cement, mineral, earth, pepper, Vegetal Flavor: Cooked agave wet cement, minerals, earth, pepper, olive, herbal, butter, vegetal. Finish: Medium to long, grassy viscosity, amazing finish that has your tastebuds going wild. Cascahuin is far ahead of the rest.
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