Review Detail
90 1 100
Overall rating
90
Aroma-Nose
90
Initial Taste
91
Body
91
Finish
88
Enjoyability
90
Price
87
Presentation
92
Mention that a tequila is from NOM 1509 and you immediately have my attention. With gems like Crotalo and Alma in their profile, I would happily try anything that they pump out of the Tequila Embajador, S.A. de C.V. distillery.
This is my first taste of anything from the Embajador line. I'm very much looking foward to it. If it's anything like its 1509 cousins, it is going to be on my highly recommended list.
Price: $50/bottle
Aroma: Cooked agave, light vanilla and some green/minty & spice notes.
Initial Taste: Nice agave profile, vanilla, pepper and some green flavors & spice. A very nice overall balance...the kind that I like in a good reposado
Body: Medium-thin body…not oily at all. Nice retention of agave with light oak and spice. Nice vanilla-like sweetness to round it out. The green notes disappear a bit leaving a sweet and spicy combo.
Finish: The finish doesn't hang around for as along as I'd like, but the flavors are still in good balance and very well crafted.
This has everything that you'd want from a good repo. Plenty of agave, a nice mellowing from the barrel and balanced flavors to round it all out. The price is on the high end, but the flavors are pretty darn good. It's tough to compete in the $50 category, but Embajador just might have the tools to pull it off. I don't like it quite as much as Crotalo. Nor do I think it's as good a value as Alma, but I certainly would never turn down a sip of this solid juice.
This is my first taste of anything from the Embajador line. I'm very much looking foward to it. If it's anything like its 1509 cousins, it is going to be on my highly recommended list.
Price: $50/bottle
Aroma: Cooked agave, light vanilla and some green/minty & spice notes.
Initial Taste: Nice agave profile, vanilla, pepper and some green flavors & spice. A very nice overall balance...the kind that I like in a good reposado
Body: Medium-thin body…not oily at all. Nice retention of agave with light oak and spice. Nice vanilla-like sweetness to round it out. The green notes disappear a bit leaving a sweet and spicy combo.
Finish: The finish doesn't hang around for as along as I'd like, but the flavors are still in good balance and very well crafted.
This has everything that you'd want from a good repo. Plenty of agave, a nice mellowing from the barrel and balanced flavors to round it all out. The price is on the high end, but the flavors are pretty darn good. It's tough to compete in the $50 category, but Embajador just might have the tools to pull it off. I don't like it quite as much as Crotalo. Nor do I think it's as good a value as Alma, but I certainly would never turn down a sip of this solid juice.
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