Agave Spirits+ Journey

This post is part of an ongoing series where I’ll revisit spirits bottles that I haven’t poured for many, many months to see how my tasting notes now match with those in my initial short reviews in order to see how aeration time may or may not affect specific bottles over time.

I opened this bottle of Lost Lore Blanco nearly two years ago (21 months) and there was, before this new pour, there was just under ⅓ of the bottle left meaning this has had significant aeration time in the bottle. I used a Denver & Liely Mezcal glass and rested the tequila in the glass uncovered for five minutes. The viscosity in the glass is medium-short with a moderately creamy/oily/buttery mouthfeel that coats the entire palate with a medium finish of 6-7 seconds.

On the nose there are prominent notes of cooked agave sweetness and musky raw agave earthiness, baking spices (cinnamon, nutmeg), olive brine/salinity, lemon and lime peel, minerality, mint, and white pepper. The flavors on the palate are punchy cooked agave sweetness, robust lemon and lime peel, herbal notes, minerality, salinity, black pepper, and a hint of anise bitterness on the finish that balances out some of the natural sweetness.

This is still one of my favorite blanco tequilas – I have a number of reserve bottles because it’s not readily available in my immediate area (it’s an hour drive to stores that stock it).

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