NOM 1143 - Medium amber in the glass with nice, oily legs. Aroma of cooked agave, minerals, oak and alcohol (I just opened the bottle). Flavor of cooked agave, black pepper, vanilla, minerals and alcohol. Has a medium finish with the pepper spiciness hanging around. Excellent $20 price in Seattle, even with our ridiculous liquor taxes.

Aroma: Oak is strong, cooked agave, caramel, vanilla, walnut,smoke, faint alcohol. Taste: Oak,caramel, butter,cooked agave, orange citrus, floral, anise, spice Finish. Spicy, Smokey, cardboard, lingering pepper in mouth and on tongue. For the price this is a fair budget Reposado imo. The barrel influence is dominant and drowns out much of the agave taste but it also muffles the cardboard tasteI found in the Blanco rather well. Overall sweet with the finish being a bit of a "put off". The value helped with the score.

Oak

A strong mustiness and alcohol hide anything else including the barrel notes. a watery body that easily coats the mouth. The mustiness translates. perfectly to the tongue Little to no agave flavor wood and alcohol with a medium pepper heat on the finish that trails off to a numbing astringency.

Light and fruity with a hint of black pepper. Goes well in a margarita and neat. Flavor subsides a bit over time.

Alcohol and pepper on the nose. Follows up with a cooked agave, caramel, oaky taste. Finish was short and spicy. $19.99 reposado is a steal. Decent enough to buy again.

Reposado

Don’t do it

Strong nose that has notes of cooked agave and a bit of wood with light pepper. Very nutty on the front, with some oak to round out the middle of the palette. Soft and easy finish that leaves a bit of an oily texture.

An exceptional 100% agave reposado from Trader Joe’s. It’s a little spicy, with flavors of agave, vanilla, and red pepper. The nose is slightly lacking, and the finish is very short lived. Great value tequila.