4 copas 110 blanco Sample from Brian Hames Agave Swappers I recommend letting this sit and open up for at least 20 mins to let the alcohol burn off Nose: hay alcohol sweet agave pepper citrus nutty Palate: agave pepper hay anise alcohol Finish: fizzy and hot Overall: the alcohol is very prevalent. It's hot, even for a 55 abv expression

Nose: vanilla bomb/ sweet agave cooked / butter/ pear / apple / orange peel/ grapefruit/ lemongrass / baking spice / alcohol/ cream soda Taste; sweet agave cooked / pepper / vanilla / cinnamon/ earth / mineral/ vegetal / apple/ banana / lime/ grapefruit/ lemongrass / peppermint / minerals/ cream soda /alcohol Finish: medium viscosity mouthfeel / nice coating of the palate provides a pleasant texture to the lingering sweet agave, vanilla, and pepper flavors / a rainwater type of clean and mineral taste continues with the pepper notes to the very end of the taste. This 110 proof (55%abv) blanco really delivers great flavor without much alcohol taste. There’s a decent balance of the major taste notes, and a nice easy clean finish that makes this high proof blanco very enjoyable.

Tastes as part of a Fuerte Friday blind. Here are my notes. 4 Copas has a very nice nose of agave and earth and minerals. The citrus is that of lemon. Taste wise this is alcohol foremost, with some citrus, pineapple, and agave. Too much alcohol as the ABV doesn’t work to enhance this one.

Lote 3 The aroma: soft and inviting with cooked agave, anise, cashew nuttiness and white vinegar, (a note that I often perceive from hp’ autoclave) soft ethyl, lemon citrus, and salinity. When sipped, a subtle stream becomes a torrent of hot and spicy sweet flavor. The initial taste is like a inconspicuous wave of brine, which last less than a second before the palate and throat are gripped aggressively with fiery black licorice melting over jalapeños. Cotton candy grapes and cooked pineapple burn from heat while grassy and vegetal notes coat the tongue along with peppermint spicyness and alcohol. Finish reminds me of lingering capsaicin, no taste just heat on tongue and slightly on lips with dying embers of agave and cacao exiting cleanly. A wild ride I can/will enjoy exploring but not for the faint of esophagus.

Acquired on March 2023, tasted on 10-6-23. Aroma: cooked agave, acidity with sweetness that is green and vegetal like agave or zucchini, herbaceous, hint of chili spiciness, slightly earthy, citrus, lemon, it has a metallic aroma or very mineral sensation that is quite impregnating. After 20 minutes in the glass I smell a light creamy vanilla like sensation which doesn’t seem natural. Palate: anise, cooked agave, vegetal sweetness, the metallic or mineral sensation is very present, ends slightly bitter. Finish is medium to long, light cooked agave with metallic and/or strong minerality & citrus notes persist.