Review Detail
92 2 100
Overall rating
91
Aroma-Nose
93
Initial Taste
91
Body
90
Finish
90
Enjoyability
92
Price
97
Presentation
85
Tasted this on 5-22-10 in Riedels. Initial nose is clean agave, with fuel and green chile/vegetable/herb. Lots of alcohol both in nose and in finish. Intake is clean and light, slightly smooth, with a nice burn going down. Finish happens quickly then disappears, but leaves the back of the palate slightly numb and with a nice memory of the experience.
This is not a sexy bottle, despite the cool artwork. However, it is apparently one of those instances where they paid more attention to the contents than to the packaging. The price is more than fair - but, to be fair, we see this only at one liquor store in our area (Broudy's) and they always have Cuervo Platino on sale for $29.99, the same price as Blue Head, which is why it's taken us so long to get to tasting Blue Head and others in their price range. I feel that if it were priced a teeny bit lower, it would be healthy competition for El Jimador and Azul for that affordable-100%-agave-to-be-sipped-or-thrown-into-a-margarita tequila.
In all, this is really good, highly approachable, very affordable and a worthy addition to any collection.
This is not a sexy bottle, despite the cool artwork. However, it is apparently one of those instances where they paid more attention to the contents than to the packaging. The price is more than fair - but, to be fair, we see this only at one liquor store in our area (Broudy's) and they always have Cuervo Platino on sale for $29.99, the same price as Blue Head, which is why it's taken us so long to get to tasting Blue Head and others in their price range. I feel that if it were priced a teeny bit lower, it would be healthy competition for El Jimador and Azul for that affordable-100%-agave-to-be-sipped-or-thrown-into-a-margarita tequila.
In all, this is really good, highly approachable, very affordable and a worthy addition to any collection.
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