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Liquor Review: Trago Reposado

Published on June 11th, 2008 in Liquors of the Month, Tequila by Wade

Anyone who has read our page in the last few months should already know about our new found love interest in Trago tequila. Well, all good things have to come to an end, and our love for Trago tequila concludes with Trago Reposado. It’s true. I don’t love the Trago Reposado because the word “love” isn’t strong enough for me. I suggest that since I know no word stronger than love, I wish to submit this entry to the dictionary:

trago - noun, verb, adjective, trago·ed, trago·ing

-verb
1. to adore something or someone far more than the word love could ever express

-adjective
1. better than great
2. ridiculously good

-noun
1. a delicious tequila
2. Jessica Biel
What water company do I need to call to get this to come out of my bathroom faucet

Webster, think about it and get back to me. This is the best f-ing reposado tequila that I have ever put in my mouth. It is the best tequila I have ever tasted, not counting the Trago Añjeo (the jury is still out on that choice). There is no reason for a tequila to be this good! I just hope by reading this review that you can understand why I “trago” the Trago Reposado.

I’m not going to waste your time again giving you a history lesson about Trago. If you don’t know it by now, you can check our Trago feature article, Blanco review, or Añejo review to see where all the magic started. I’m just going to dive right into the tasting points.

When the scent from this bottle hits your nose, you can immediately smell that there is something dfferent about this reposado. It’s got a buttery-sweet and slightly spicy scent. When sipping Trago Reposado, you might describe the taste as something similar to the scent of a bouquet of roses. There is a very soft tequila burn that you might expect from all tequila, but it never burns to the point where it becomes too much. Instead, when it feels like it going to start burning too much, it dissipates and leaves a buttery-sweet agave taste in your mouth. After the clean, dry aftertaste, I couldn’t tell if I just taken a shot of tequila or just eaten the best piece of cake in the world. It’s like an 8-foot-tall monster of a man walking up to you and saying, “I’m going to kick your ass” then walking away, sending Jessica Biel over to sit half-naked on your bathroom sink. I mean, just look at her sitting there! There is no reason for her to be that “trago.” I’m sorry, it’s hard for me to focus with that picture there.

Personally, I was against the whole idea of mixing Trago Reposado…until I tried it. I tired it mixed simply with Sprite©, and it was so good I wanted to slap the person who gave it to me for not bringing it faster. All the flavor was turned up 5x, and the burn remained just enough to remind me that tequila memory loss may soon follow. Lucky for me, that wasn’t the case this time. After drinking a little more than 30% of the bottle, I had a pretty good buzz going. I could tell that if I kept drinking at the same rate, I would find myself in the bathroom the next morning, bent over the sink, looking “trago” sexy, sitting there like the best Christmas gift, ever. Sorry, I started looking at that picture again.

The hangover the next day wasn’t anything outside of a weak headache. It was probably the best tequila hangover I have ever experienced (when not throwing up the night before). As far as headaches go, I could tell that this one was only going to get worse if I let it go unchecked, so I had a little snack and some pills to wipe the sucker right out.

I know $65 for a 750ml bottle of tequila is a bit much, but if you are a tequila lover or someone who likes trying new expensive liquors, this one is a must-buy. If you don’t like tequila, this one is still a good buy. I’m just not sure someone who isn’t a tequila lover will want to give up 65 big ones for a delicious tequila. Just know that buying one bottle might cause a Trago addiction and might make all other tequilas taste like liquid sadness. I believe that everyone who likes to drink a lot and even social drinkers need to try Trago Reposado. Just try it at least once, so your life won’t feel like a total waste. Everyone needs to find something in life that he or she ”tragos” more than anything. Hell, I’m having Trago now, and I’m “tragoing” it. That’s Trago Reposado, not Jessica Biel on the bathroom sink, giving me something other than tequila to look for everyday when I get home from work.

Shootability – 9.0

June 08 Mixability – 9.5