batch: JAI-PLU-002
bottle: 167

olive brine, chlorine
salt, clay
stone fruit
musty barn

review #14

batch: SEM-BAR-001
bottle: 15
abv: 46%

gold-standard barril. jonny nailed the tasting notes, especially the nod to don valente.

++ ripe honeydew melon, dr. pepper, cool air, and old books from the back of a cedar closet

review #13

batch: SEM-ARR-001
bottle: 83
abv: 49.2%

different notes from the other amigos here, perhaps due to a few extra years in the bottle. will circle back once it breathes a bit.

a thick coating of goat cheese and sour lactic funk prevails. too slowly, it gives way to delicate layers of butterscotch, mint and pepper that flutter softly in fleeting moments of greatness.

review #12

bottle: 145
abv: 47.6%

creamsicle on a summer lawn.
fresh-cut grass and floral bouquets.
juicy fruit.
mothballs; smoldering coals, wood, ash and bits of rubber.

review #11

five-star hack: infuse w/ two habaneros for ~24 hrs = a sublime cocktail base. don’t @ me

review #10

highly complex and interesting sipping. a bit sour and lactic/cheesy for my palate, but still acquiring a taste for aged agave; take this rating with a grain of worm salt.

review #9

lot: pechuga 2022-01 (agave mixtape 9A)
abv: 48%

dessert decadence. butterscotch and honey dripped over soft baked apples and peaches. nutty, cinnamon, orange peel, mole, chipotle. a long, beautiful finish.

review #8

maple syrup and vanilla, sugar-dusted pancakes with sage and orange zest

review #7

jalapeño maple sage

review #6

sweet BBQ smoke, warm coals, honey, truffles and blue cheese, ripe stone fruits and overripe bananas, smoked fruits and The Meats®, trail mix, exotic spices, pepper and clay, smoldering ash, olive brine

review #5

batch: 1221IRM
bottle: 46/1333; dec. 2021
abv: 46%

shimmering blue and green with a punch of pink and red

review #4

batch: SDO-201, 2021/12/20

caramel popcorn; slate and ash
tropical fruit, citrus
rose petal, lavender
savory onion; meaty chew

review #3

batch: SOJC02-21
bottle: 448/720
abv: 46.4%

dusty, peach-pear nose; banana, honey, meats

vegetal, earthy funk; olives; citrus, mint

burnt rubber; mild white pepper, stone, light ash

punches above its weight

review #2

batch: SAM002/20
bottle: 1462/2350

bubblegum, fruit
smoke
soft stone, mineral, ash

easy — too easy — to enjoy

review #1