Eterno Anejo

Verdict

Skip this añejo treatment – the underlying espadín is adequate, but the barrel is compensating for things the base liquid should have handled on its own, and that's almost always a tell. Oak-first mezcal is a category trap that erases the agave vocabulary you came for. Consensus 4.0 grades the wood more than the spirit; we land at 3.0.

Tasting notes

Nose: Oak, then vanilla, cooked agave, faint smoke, a trace of caramel underneath

Palate: Medium at 40%. The aging adds a layer of flavor the base couldn't carry alone; the bottle ends up tasting more like the barrel than the agave, which is the specific failure mode of low-proof añejos across the category

Finish: Warm, oaky, with a slow vanilla fade – long

The bottom line

Skip unless the bottle shape is the gift