Cheap. Funk in the aroma and not much good taste in the mouth. The finish goes medium bitter with a lot of alcohol.

Bottle: LOTE: C ANEN 158, 16/07/22 L5 PSC Appearance: Green tea Nose: Oak, vanilla, artificial sweetener, barrel spice, cream soda, rubber, alcohol, whiskey, acrid smoke, honey, and trace cooked agave…not terrible, but also not terribly like tequila Palate: Astringent, acetone, oak, pine, artificial sweetener, rubbing alcohol, turpentine, and wood varnish…this is really bad Finish: Acetone, rubbing alcohol, and cigarette ash…required an orange juice chaser Overall: The nose on this reposado isn’t as misleading as it is with their blanco (which is deceptively passable) and I’d probably struggle to identify this as tequila in a blind test based on nose alone. However, the palate and finish were intolerable. I was able to sample enough to finish the review, but I can’t see myself reaching for this again.

Bottle: Additional bottle information smeared/illegible Appearance: Clear Nose: Cooked agave, citrus, black pepper, banana, minerals, alcohol, and vanilla…I’m pleasantly surprised, this is much better than I was expecting Palate: Alcohol, artificial sweetener, soap, medicinal, fake fruit, astringent, acetone, and bad cinnamon candy…this tastes like dollar store cough medicine Finish: Soap, alcohol, astringent, and medicinal…loses even the modest fake fruit and artificial sweetness from the palate Overall: I definitely had a moment of “you had me in the first half, I’m not gonna’ lie” during the tasting: the nose is fairly decent, but everything that came afterwards was a major letdown. It kind of reminds of how cilantro can sometimes taste overwhelmingly like soap. As this was a gift, I won’t feel too badly pouring the rest out.