Mrs. Masteqilapf knows me best

My wife rules! For Valentines Day, the national day of mixed emotions, she got me the best gift she could get any tequila lover- tequila! A bottle of Milagro Reposado. This is not the best tequila, but still a very strong performer in my opinion. I find that the Reposado, as well as its two counterparts, the Añjeo and the Blanco, offer quite a bit of bang-for-the buck. None of them are the smoothest, in fact there's a good bit of tingle on the tongue. However, the flavor is definitely there. Also, it's smooth enough, yet cheap enough that it would be a great bottle for a budding tequila aficionado. Good enough to give you an idea of what sipping is like, but not expensive to the point of it being a huge waste if it turns out not to be what was originally thought. Lighter flavor. I think I like the Añjeo better, but it has been a while since I have had that one or the Blanco. The Blanco has sort of the same story. Decent Blanco flavor without being a bottle of kerosene! See, Mils and I go way back. This brand was one of my first non-Cuervo purchases several years ago. Plus, the bottle is cool without being over the top. It's a multitone tone glass that goes from red thru orange to yellow. The Añjeo bottle used to be etched, but they've dumped that for standard paint. It used to be imported by a company here in Georgia, but now it's been switched to a company in New York. Two weekends ago at Toco Giant, I saw a bottle of both the Special Reserve Reposado and the Special Reserve Añjeo. These are the ones with the glass agave plant inside. There's a lot more risk involved here though, as the Reposado is about $75 and the Añjeo is about $95. Here's a way cool picture I yanked from their website, www.milagrotequila.com



This weekend I'm off on another tequila mission...in search of the best tequila shop in town. Hopefully I'll do better this time than last...