Let’s give tequila newcomer Cambio some credit score for mixing issues up within the tequila world. Whereas these are each 100% Highlands blue agave, additive free tequilas, they’re uncommon in that they’re fermented at low temperatures in tanks lined with American white oak and Mexican pine earlier than distillation. Bottling, at 46% abv, is significantly larger than the usual 40%, too.
This evaluate started in 2024 with protection of Cambio’s blanco and reposado expressions. An anejo was added in 2025, and the evaluate was added at the moment.
All are 92 proof. NOM 1605.
Cambio Tequila Blanco Evaluate
Whereas that is formally a blanco, it’s aged in used French oak wine barrels, which give it the slightest trace of yellow colour and, as we’ll see, loads of atypical taste, too. Sharp and peppery on the nostril, this tequila wears its agave coronary heart on its sleeve, pouring on notes of inexperienced pepper and spring onion, touched with rosemary and a few thyme. It’s as daring and inexperienced as any blanco I can recall tasting, its peppery qualities overwhelming every thing else. On the palate, some respite from this natural assault is so as, and Cambio provides it, layering in a squeeze of lemon, some vanilla cream, and a little bit of butterscotch. That French oak could also be technically “impartial,” however it imbues the tequila with loads of taste you simply don’t see in a blanco, softening up the expertise and taking it one step towards the world of reposado. Purists might bristle on the concept of oak of any variety being utilized in a blanco, however even essentially the most die-hard fan of silver tequila ought to no less than give this a style earlier than writing it off, because it deftly straddles the worlds of blanco and reposado in a way that deserves critical consideration. A- / $50 [BUY IT NOW FROM FROOTBAT]
Cambio Tequila Reposado Evaluate
We’re not easing up on complexity. This reposado is aged for one month in white Burgundy and Bordeaux wine barrels, then spends 5 extra months in French oak Chardonnay casks (presumably from California wine). In some ways that is the inverse of the blanco, the nostril sturdy with agave, right here fairly evergreen and juniper-adjacent, however tempered by a pinch of brown sugar and a few sesame oil. The palate once more throws a wrench into the proceedings, throwing out a giant pink pepper character and a closely savory high quality I’d liken to A-1 steak sauce. The extra I sip on it, the extra I’m doubling down on that. Smoky and massively evergreen on the end, these juniper notes turn out to be overpowering on this end — virtually evoking an aged gin. B / $60 [BUY IT NOW FROM FROOTBAT]
Cambio Tequila Anejo Evaluate
One other sophisticated manufacturing: triple barrel-aged for as much as 22 months in a sequence of wine barrels. First come untoasted French oak barrels, then second use toasted French oak chardonnay barrels, and at last 30-year-old Limousin Cognac casks. Once more, natural agave notes are pungent up prime, barely meaty at instances, solely quitting to make room for maple syrup and butterscotch, which taken all collectively supplies an fragrant recreation of a Sunday morning breakfast of bacon and pancakes. The palate leans extra towards the candy stuff, although a parade of auxiliary flavors are onerous to keep away from: anise, cloves, and coconut husks, then soy sauce and a touch of tart-savory Maggi sauce. Toasted sesame oil provides the end a seductive creaminess plus a touch of Asia, significantly when the clove hits you. Take the Reposado and amp up every thing about it and right here’s the place you land — although the juniper/evergreen parts are (fortunately) not readily obvious right here. Reviewed: 2022/2023 harvest. B+ / $70
Cambio Tequila Blanco
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