Reviews / Don Amado Reposado
Review · · by The Editors
Don Amado Reposado
Reposado at 45%. Oak added to a base that didn't need dressing up and can't quite carry the wood
Score: 2.5/5 agaves
- Producer: Don Amado Mezcal
- Maestro: Bonifacio Arellanes
- Region: Santa Catarina Minas, Oaxaca
- Agave: Espadin
- ABV: 45%
- Price: $60 ($)
Verdict
Oak integrates better on a reposado than on an añejo, but the core bottle hasn't changed – same commercial-tier espadín underneath. Reposado can hide some failings the añejo program exposes, but the base still has to be there, and here it isn't. Skip; the unaged Don Amados do more for the money than any of the aged releases in the range.
Commercial reposado on a respectable but underpowered base
Tasting notes
Nose: Oak – then vanilla, cooked agave, soft smoke, a faint caramel note
Palate: Medium at 45%. The reposado treatment adds oak-derived flavor without adding structure to the underlying bottle – the agave is still the same base Don Amado runs across the commercial tier, just dressed in wood
Finish: Long, warm, oaky, with the vanilla outlasting the agave
The bottom line
Skip. The Don Amado wild-agave bottles do more for the same money
Where to buy online
We found this bottle at 2 US retailers. Prices and stock vary – click through to check.