Vessel: Glencairn Nose: Cinnamon, leather, mint, anise, Minerality Palate: Carmel,barrel spice, honey Finish: Tobacco, Carmel, Barrel Spice, Thyme Legado is another heavy hitter from 1123 and this Anejo was no exception!

Absolutely delicious! Fruity apple, agave, minerals, leather, vanilla, and cinnamon. It’s got a great fruity nose that pulls you in

This is a beautifully aged tequila. Agave forward, anise, mint (a favorite flavor profile of mine), and all the sweetness of barrel aging. A bit pricey, but it comes out of a juggernaut of fantastic tequilas and brands, NOM 1123. My first bottle went fast and I'm saving my second.

Bottle: LOTE 649, 310325 Appearance: Golden twilight Nose: Cooked agave, fruity, pear, grape, pink lady apple, banana, toasted oak, vanilla, almond, caramel, toffee, baking spice, nutmeg, cinnamon, tobacco, white pepper, dried fruit, raisin, and dark chocolate…soft presence, but complex aromas Palate: Toasted French oak, barrel spice, leather, tobacco, cooked agave, vanilla, honey, molasses/treacle, dried fruit, dried apricot, fig, date, baking spice, cinnamon, clove, anise, cocoa, coffee, brine/salinity, orange peel, and black pepper…dry, tannic, and delicious Finish: Baking spice, nutmeg, white pepper, alcohol, and toasted oak…long and warming with a thick, luscious mouthfeel Overall: This is really good. The sherry and cognac influences are both apparent, bringing out fruity, sweet, and bitter elements in relative harmony. The nose starts off soft, followed by a wallop on the palate, and finishing somewhere right down the middle. If you’re in the mood for something outside of the American oak ex-bourbon barrel profile, you’ll enjoy this quite a bit.

Nice flavorful aged expression. This bottle shines with its 1123 pedigree and michocan agaves blended to perfection.

Legado Añejo at 43 ABV, Lote 1 Barreling: American oak ex-bourbon sherry casks and French oak ex-cognac Martell VSOP barrels Rested 18 months, then fully blended 50/50 at cask strength Tasting Notes: Nose: barrel notes, caramel, vanilla, apricot, anise. Gets sweeter as it opens Taste: sweet cooked agave, caramel, vanilla Finish: warm (mild heat) and dry Other Notes: Sipping out of a riedel glass Color is light for anejo Viscosity is nice, also dry Legs are nice; not too thick; not too quick Overall: easy sipper, another winner from Legado and Cascahuín!

43% ABV

Nice beautiful barrel nose and coming in at 43%. Palate has nice caramel notes and finishes with some pepper

NOM 1123 | How an añejo is able to keep some fresh agave and citrus notes and slight minerality is amazing. Of course there’s some vanilla maple and butterscotch. On the finish more oak and baking spices come in as does the heat which is welcomed. So clean so balanced just well done.

Lote 639 15/08/24 Aroma: strong caramel and cinnamon with some cooked agave fruit Flavor: toffee and caramel sweetness, more spicy on the palette than the nose, some agave fruit Mouthfeel: medium body and very little alcohol burn midpalette Finish: nice lingering finish that ends mire spicy than sweet Color: light honey yellow

Agave

My rating does not reflect the quality of this tequila or the distillery that made it. The tequila is well made and well rested; drinks nicely. The flavor profile doesn’t work with my palette, however it might with yours. Don’t sleep on this brand.

This has become one of my favorite anejos. Much lighter than WC’s batch 1, and more agave forward. Both are in my top 5, but for different reasons. I could drink this everyday. Great work from 1123.

Another great anjeo out of 1123! LOTE 639 310325. 43 ABV. Very solid just like the rest of the Legado line. Pleasant nose of agave, cinnamon, vanilla and fruit. Excellent palate that still has alot of agave with nice barrel influence and some spice on the finish with some fruit. My kind of anjeo!

NOM 1123. An all-timer for me. I rarely use the term "delicate” for an añejo, but it’s apt for this one. Trying to snap up as many of these 1123s as I can.

Aroma: cooked agave, butterscotch, cinnamon, and some barrel notes. Taste: matches the aroma very closely. Maybe some extra nutmeg and pepper. Finish: a little on the shorter side, but maybe that will change as it opens up some more. Overall: I really like it. It’s not overly-oaked out and strikes me more as a very well rested reposado. Update: I upped my score to 89 as it really opened up nicely after a few weeks. I think I’m picking up something that reminds me of scotch, maybe some peat? Either way it’s nice. I’d love to see this at a higher ABV.

Gorgeous añejo from 1123. Deep color, aromas of citrus, burnt caramel, slight mint. Taste follows those aromas with buttery caramel leading the way. Maybe some subtle minerality and grass. Pepper gradually emerges and leads into the smooth finish. Highly recommend.

Aroma has cooked agave, floral with oak. Palate of cooked agave, spice, buttery, vanilla

NOM 1123, El Gran Legado de Vida añejo 44% abv., LOTE 608, bottled on 061224, tasted on 3-13-25. Color: yellow to slightly light yellow. Aroma: light cooked agave, light vanilla, hint of green vegetal notes, light acidity, hint of earthiness. Palate: confirms aromas perceived, light wood note, good sweet and sour balance. Finish is medium to medium long, light cooked agave with a hint of sweetness, light vanilla, hint of earthiness with light green vegetal notes and a hint of wood note persists.