Rating: 16/23 N: Refreshing. Peppery and minty with a little bit of lemon peel. Some sort of baking spice is going on here. Not much of it, but a bit. Maybe allspice and corriander? A hint of oiliness. This is a fairly light nose. P: Lightly flavored, but a bit of mouthfeel is there with some subdued caramelized, herbal, vegetal agave. The spice (white pepper and something a tad sweeter) and mint hit harder though. There's something like clean water that's also a tad fruity. Maybe that's the corriander? Or a tad of apple sneaking in? Faint musty cardboard and also something very faint that's a bit like tar. Hints of brine and lime. F: It's a light finish. The minty, peppery, vegetal agave lingers dryly and faintly for a while. - Conclusion - This isn't my favorite tequila profile, but it's balanced with no particular flaws. It lacks the robustness of even something like Partida Blanco, but it also avoids any really challenging flavors. It's less fruity, funky, and fun than Próspero Blanco, but it doesn't have alcohol intruding to the same extent. I definitely prefer this to the Próspero. The Partida? That's a tougher call. I usually think of Partida as being fairly refined, but this beats it. This is more of in the Ocho range of refinement. I'm looking at a 14 to 17 here. I was leaning toward a 15 for a while, but now I'm thinking of a 16. Thanks @ctbeck11 for this sample :)
About this bottle
Tapatío Tequila is produced at La Alteña Distillery in Jalisco, Mexico, where the Camarena family has been making tequila since 1937, much of it originally for local consumption. The brand is a joint project between master distiller Carlos Camarena and Marko Karakasevic of Charbay Winery & Distillery in Napa. Made with 100% estate-grown blue weber agave, the piñas are roasted for four days, fermented with a proprietary yeast, and double-distilled in copper pot stills. The tequila then rests in stainless steel for about six months before bottling. Additive-free.
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Cult favorite, but also a tequila traditionally made with no additives. Tasted neat. Clear but lightly cloudy, light coating legs in the glass. Nose is sweet vegital and mineral, lightly earthy. In the mouth, a ton of stone mineralality, salt, and earthy vegital/grassy flavors. Coating mouthfeel is soft, sweet, and pleasant. Lime, pepper, and a little bitter grassiness shows up in the finish. I can see why people like this, for mixing and even sipping. Lots of flavor, no off flavors or ethanol burn. It's balanced and well made.
Tapatio Blanco “81” Nose: Agave LightAlcohol Lime Vegetal Citrus Palette: Nose extends to palette in all avenues Agave Earthiness Lime vegetal Citrus Anise Light and Smooooooth 😂 Not as oily as I hoped Nice pepper burn that goes down Agave stays strong in the finish Very good tequila. I like it. Not sure I love it enough to shelf it but would order it out.
Enjoying neat. Aroma is rich with agave and earth/minerals along with citrus, black pepper. Taste is sweet agave with notable sweet anise notes along with citrus (lime) and earth. Finish is long and sweet with herbal anise Overall a wonderful old school tequila that is more flavorful than most blancos
A complex, Agave Spirit by distillery La Altena in Mexico that has an aromatic birth with notes of agave, fruits, herbs & spices; while a tropical life adds notes of lemon, that led to a long & hot death with notes of black pepper & chili powder. May 2017
Did not get the intensity of flavor I was expecting from the sourness on the nose, but very nice and smooth. Soft easy sipper, also makes great margaritas
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