June 28, 2007 Gran Centenario Silver NOM 1122 Tasted 12/20/06. With a clear color with a slight yellow hue, Gran Centenario Silver has an intense aroma of floral scents. Less apparent are moderate spice and fruit with mild earth and smoke aromas. Upon initial taste, the tequila has a thin mouth feel and is soft and mellow on the tip of the tongue. Moderate flavors of spice, agave, and earth accents are followed by mild floral, fruit, and smoke flavors. The finish consists of a slightly numbing and tingly alcohol intensity and a short to medium duration of flavor. I rate this tequila at the B range.

 June 24, 2007 D Los Altos Anejo NOM 1499 Tasted 2/16/07. This tequila is pale yellow in color and has a intense aromas of floral, fruit, and earth. There are also moderate aromas of spice followed by a hint of vanilla and caramel. A mellow taste on the tip of the tongue leads to a low sweetness and somewhat bitter tequila taste. The D Los Altos Anejo flavor contains intense flavors of agave and earth followed by moderate floral accents. Mild notes of fruit with a hint of vanilla also accompany this tequila. D Los Altos Anejo finishes with a short duration of flavor and no alcohol feeling. This tequila has been awarded the overall rating of a B/B-.

 June 22, 2007 Don Fulano Imperial Anejo NOM 1146 Tasted 5/21/07. On this date I tried this tequila by doing a blind tasting at Zocalo using a snifter. This tequila is an amber brown color and has intense aromas of fruit. There are also moderate aromas of vanilla, spice, and caramel followed by mild earth, floral, and smoke. A soft taste on the tip of the tongue leads to a sweet tequila taste with a small amount of bitterness. The Don Fulano Imperial Anejo flavor contains intense caramel flavors with moderate agave and earth. The tequila also has mild fruit, floral, chemical, and smoke with hints of vanilla and spice. Don Fulano Imperial Anejo finishes with a medium to long duration of flavor and a numbing alcohol feeling. This tequila has been awarded the overall rating of 89 points out of 100. I personally think the regular Don Fulano Anejo is better than the Imperial.

 June 22, 2007 Gran Centenario Leyenda Extra Anejo NOM 1122 Tasted 5/21/07. On this date I tried this tequila by doing a blind tasting at Zocalo using a snifter. This tequila is an amber brown color and has intense aromas of fruit. There are also moderate aromas of earth, floral, and vanilla followed by mild caramel. A soft taste on the tip of the tongue leads to a low amount of sweetness with a moderate to bitter amount of bitterness. The Gran Centenario Leyenda Extra Anejo flavor contains moderate caramel, chemicals, and earth flavors with mild floral, agave, fruit, and spice. The tequila also has hints of vanilla and smoke. Gran Centenario Leyenda Extra Anejo finishes with a medium to long duration of flavor and a numbing alcohol feeling. This tequila has been awarded the overall rating of 87 points out of 100.

 June 19, 2007 El Gran Viejo Anejo NOM 1109 Tasted on 4/30/07 at 11:50pm. I opened this bottle, which cost me $116, at my home and tasted it in a Riedel glass. While this bottle has a unique design, it is the tequilas quality versus price that makes this great. In my opinion, this tequila is worth far more than $116. With a golden color, this tequila has intense aromas of floral, vanilla, and caramel. Other aromas include moderate fruit and a hint of spice. The tequila has a medium mouth feel and on the first sip is very sweet with a hint of bitterness. El Gran Viejo has numerous arrays of flavors due to its 3 years of aging. Intense flavors of caramel and floral are followed by moderate notes of agave, fruit, and vanilla. With a long duration of flavor, tastes of mild spice with a hint of earth and smoke bring this tequila to a numbing finish. El Gran Viejo anejo has received the rating of 94 points out of 100.