{"id":1470,"date":"2010-12-24T10:47:44","date_gmt":"2010-12-24T18:47:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tequilawhisperer.com\/?p=1470"},"modified":"2010-12-28T15:54:30","modified_gmt":"2010-12-28T23:54:30","slug":"ilegal-mezcal-review-joven-reposado-anejo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tequilawhisperer.com\/?p=1470","title":{"rendered":"Ilegal Mezcal Review – joven, reposado, anejo (episode 61) tequila review"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Get ready to take a trip down to the dusty jungles of Oaxaca, people! On this special MEZCAL<\/span> edition of the \u201cTequila Whisperer\u201d<\/strong> show, Th\u2019 Lip<\/strong> dusts off his boots and machete and prepares to taste all the intricate flavors of \u201cIlegal Mezcal\u201d<\/strong>!
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\n\u201cIlegal\u201d<\/strong> is a new mezcal brand with a GREAT backstory (and you KNOW Lippy<\/strong> loves a good story!). Seems an American expat traveled down to the jungles of Guatemala and opened the \u201cCaf\u00e9 No Se\u201d<\/strong> featuring as many Oaxacan mezcals as he could secretly slip into the country. After making a name for himself as the \u201cgo to\u201d mezcal bar in Guatemala, he started to create his own brand of mezcal according to the tastes he and his favorite bar \u201cregulars\u201d adored. The result: \u201cIlegal\u201d<\/strong> mezcal. Is this story TRUE, or just a great marketing tale? It won\u2019t matter if the juice is worthy. With the top-of-the-market prices \u201cIlegal\u201d<\/strong> charges, this juice had better be worthy. Watch and see!<\/p>\n

MEZCAL Details:<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

BRAND<\/strong>:<\/span> ILEGAL<\/a><\/p>\n

NOM:<\/strong><\/span> O01x<\/p>\n

AGAVE SOURCE<\/span>:<\/strong> ESPADIN AGAVE – OAXACA<\/p>\n

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GENERAL TASTING NOTES:<\/span><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cIlegal\u201d<\/strong> is one amazing brand!\u00a0 It brings in all the complication, fruit, and spiciness that a seasoned mezcal drinker is looking for with only a modicum of smoke.\u00a0 The flavor profiles are rich, \u201crounded\u201d and full-bodied.\u00a0 There\u2019s no skimping on the luxurious mouth experience simply because some of the smoke has either been filtered out or the Espadin agaves were cooked around less smoke to begin with.<\/p>\n

The joven<\/strong> (least aged) features an oily-viscous mouth feel that brings on hits of pear and apple,and finishes with the pleasing spice of white pepper. Surprisingly, the reposado<\/strong> features MORE smoke than the joven<\/strong>!\u00a0 The reposado\u2019s<\/strong> introduction of sweet wood is an interesting complication that starts to \u201cround out\u201d the flavor of the mezcal.\u00a0 But it is the 14-month aged anejo <\/strong>that delivers on the promise of the oak introduction.\u00a0 This anejo <\/strong>introduces some of the most pleasing and certainly surprising aged flavors of any mezcal your Tequila Whisperer<\/strong> has EVER tasted!\u00a0 At times the slightly astringent sour-sweet wood was reminiscent of the mighty \u201c70th<\/sup> Anniversario\u201d<\/strong> extra anejo TEQUILA from \u201cEl Tesoro\u201d<\/strong>!\u00a0 High praise, indeed.<\/p>\n

Th\u2019 Lip<\/strong> recommends starting with the anejo<\/strong> on this mezcal and working your way BACKWARD.\u00a0 It\u2019s a solid BUY<\/span> for the anejo<\/strong> whether or not you\u2019re a \u201cmezcal drinker\u201d, and depending upon your interest and history with mezcal in general, a solid buy recommendation for the entire line.\u00a0 If you enjoy mezcal you will love this brand!\u00a0 Good Job, \u201cIlegal\u201d<\/strong>!\u00a0 What\u2019s next: an extra anejo<\/span>??!?<\/p>\n

FLAVOR Profiles for Ilegal (general all ages)<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Get ready to take a trip down to the dusty jungles of Oaxaca, people! On this special MEZCAL edition of the \u201cTequila Whisperer\u201d show, Th\u2019 Lip dusts off his boots and machete and prepares to taste all the intricate flavors of \u201cIlegal Mezcal\u201d!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[225],"tags":[22,356,357,237,166,171],"class_list":["post-1470","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-show","tag-anejo","tag-ilegal","tag-joven","tag-mezcal","tag-reposado","tag-review"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tequilawhisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1470","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tequilawhisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tequilawhisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tequilawhisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tequilawhisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1470"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/tequilawhisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1470\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1487,"href":"https:\/\/tequilawhisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1470\/revisions\/1487"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tequilawhisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1470"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tequilawhisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1470"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tequilawhisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1470"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}