Olla de Miel Reposado

Verdict

Three bottles in and the Olla de Miel thesis is clear: the joven works, the aged bottles don't. This reposado takes a legible house espadín and rounds it into something that tastes like every other reposado – smooth, sweet, narrow. Skip toward the joven, which at least gives you the distillate the maestro actually made.

Tasting notes

Nose: Light oak with brown sugar, a ghost of smoke

Palate: 40% with wood integration – smooth in an unchallenging way, the agave's edges planed off

Finish: Short, sweet, faintly woody

The bottom line

Skip. The joven is the only Olla de Miel worth buying