Sentir Espadin (Olla de Cobre)

Verdict

Sentir's copper-distilled espadín is the one you pour when you've already drunk the good stuff. At 41% there isn't enough structure to carry the agave's sweetness past the mid-palate, and Matatlán produces a thousand bottles like this. Skip it and pay the extra few dollars for the Olla de Barro from the same house.

Tasting notes

Nose: Light smoke, vanilla, nothing to argue with

Palate: Thin, sweet, cooperatively smooth – 41% is the proof of a bottle designed to be non-threatening, and the palate matches the promise

Finish: Slightly sugary, gone, short

The bottom line

The weaker sibling in a two-bottle house. Buy the barro