Cuish Madrecuishe was distilled in March 2020 by Hermogenes Vasquez in San Luis Amatlan, Miahuatlan, Oaxaca, Mexico.
About this mezcal
Cuish Madrecuishe was distilled in March 2020 by Hermogenes Vasquez in San Luis Amatlan, Miahuatlan, Oaxaca, Mexico. The harvested agaves were cooked in an underground stone-lined oven, milled by a desgarradora (shredder), naturally fermented in Montezuma Cypress vats, and twice distilled in copper pots. Lot number: HBG-MDR-02.
Cuish Mezcales
Mezcales Cuish is made up of rural producers that are dedicated to the production and commercialization of traditional Oaxacan mezcal from different regions and agave varieties.
For many years, Mezcales Cuish has operated a mezcaleria in Oaxaca City a few blocks southwest of Mercado Benito Juarez. A second location was opened in Centro, Oaxaca. In 2019, the brand began exporting to the United States. Mezcal Reviews lists a mix of their exported releases along with Oaxaca releases requested by website members.
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El-Dawg
198 reviewsLote: MAD/11-23, 48%
I love both Hermogenes as well as Miahuatlan mezcal so I’m obviously bias to this one. But still…what a great, sweet, nutty nose I’ve come to associate with madrecuishes.
Sweet tart candy on the taste, lime, peanuts, some minerality, with slight dusty, earthness as well. Full body and strong with integrated smoke.
Review #190
Jam
99 reviewslote hbg-mad21 ix-22, 47% abv
Review # 29: Grassy and dusty everywhere here. Some lime, minerals, soil, light smoke, vegetal jalapeno, a little spicy, dry and smoked herbs on the finish.
I was a bit dissapointed with this. It was very dusty and dry and while there was more to offer from this mezcal, it was just too strong on those notes. Maybe i got a less than stellar batch here
JDB
134 reviewsMezcalera: Cuquis Cortez Ramos 47% ABV Lot: MAD-VII-2021
A ton of fresh cut grass on the nose, pretty standard karwinskii/madrecuixe profile. The flavors have a great mix of herbaceousness, spices, and minerals. Coriander, and I get candy corn too (which normally I dislike, but here was very nice). Sublime. I am pretty impressed by how different this madrecuixe is from the Ramos (Gusto Historico) offering, both from Miahuatlan. Sometimes, you can drill down on terroir, and think that a region has a “flavor” or a “profile” and then the hand of the mezcalera/o enters in the equation and messes up what you perceive to be that thing. Both the Cuish and the Gusto Historico had the same oven roast (conical pit), the same fermentation ( sabino wood), well water, and cooper still with referescadora. So glad to have my world rocked.
Mezcalera: Cuquis Cortez Ramos 47% ABV Lot: MAD-VII-2021
A ton of fresh cut grass on the nose, pretty standard karwinskii/madrecuixe profile. The flavors have a great mix of herbaceousness, spices, and minerals. Coriander, and I get candy corn too (which normally I dislike, but here was very nice). Sublime. I am pretty impressed by how different this madrecuixe is from the Ramos (Gusto Historico) offering, both from Miahuatlan. Sometimes, you can drill down on terroir, and think that a
Jonathan Lockwood
13 reviewsHad a bottle of this with friends last Friday. At first it seemed a little softer than I normally like, but then (as is often the case) it started tasting better. In fact I could taste the underlying beauty straight through the cigar I was smoking.
THEN I notice who the Maestro Mezcalero was: Hermogenes Vasquez Garcia! Mogen, one of my all-time favorite maestros!
I’m told by a friend who works with Mogen that this was a cold blend of two different Madrecuixes made within a couple of weeks of each other. Really lovely.
Batch number is written and hard to read. Looks like Lote: H86-MOR-04
Had a bottle of this with friends last Friday. At first it seemed a little softer than I normally like, but then (as is often the case) it started tasting better. In fact I could taste the underlying beauty straight through the cigar I was smoking.
THEN I notice who the Maestro Mezcalero was: Hermogenes Vasquez Garcia! Mogen, one of my all-time favorite maestros!
I’m told by a friend who works with Mogen that this was a cold blend of two different Madrecuixes made within a couple of weeks
Grexican
12 reviewsThe more I sipped with Madrecuishe bottle the more I enjoyed it. Has a great grassy notes with a minerality on the tongue that lingers. Its a very soft 48% which is nice
Zack Klamn
529 reviewsNose: Hard citrus candy. Slight bit of cream corn.
Palate: A hint of cheesecake sweetness. Lime zest. Peppermint heat. Long, sweet and warm finish. Very light smoke and saline aftertaste.