Oro de Coyame Sotol is produced by Maestro Sotolero Gerardo Ruelas using Dasylirion wheeleri from Aldama, Chihuahua.
About this sotol
Oro de Coyame Sotol is produced using Dasylirion wheeleri from Aldama, Chihuahua. Maestro Sotolero Gerardo Ruelas produces various types of sotol, from anejo—versions to cremas de sotol to sotol that is produced with the addition of elements like marijuana, peyote, and snake venom.
Oro de Coyame Sotol
Oro de Coyame Sotol is traditionally produced by Maestro Sotolero Gerardo Ruelas in Aldama, Chihuahua. Read more about a visit with this producer in Roads & Kingdoms’ post POT, PEYOTE, AND SNAKES: THE RISE OF NORTHERN MEXICO’S BEST DRINK.
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99 reviewsBatch number was blank, 48% abv
Review #52: Vanilla, old wet wood, yellow butter and milk chocolate are present on the nose. These all carry over to the palate with just a hint of butytic acid, fresh durian, hazelnut, and some cinnamon, light smoke, and wet soil on the finish.
I really enjoyed this one especially for the price. It seems like on certain earthy sotols i get some butyric acid, but this one it isn’t very dominant so it works well with the profile. There’s some fun stuff going on here with a funky fruit note that I thought of as durian, but otherwise it is not really sweet or fruity. Besides that, there’s nothing too fancy going on with this, but it’s well balanced and easygoing.
Batch number was blank, 48% abv
Review #52: Vanilla, old wet wood, yellow butter and milk chocolate are present on the nose. These all carry over to the palate with just a hint of butytic acid, fresh durian, hazelnut, and some cinnamon, light smoke, and wet soil on the finish.
I really enjoyed this one especially for the price. It seems like on certain earthy sotols i get some butyric acid, but this one it isn’t very dominant so it works well with the profile. There’s some fun stuff
Average José
41 reviews* Lot: 03
* ABV: 48%
Wild and grassy on the nose; too grassy for me and it has a strange undergone of something almost like rotting cardboard.
Bold wild flavors and little to no burn despite its ABV. Stone ground wheat, buffalo grass and heavy earthy clay soil. A better overall flavor than I expected from the nose. It’s also worth mentioning that it got a tiny bit better with time and resting.
Unbeatable price and the wife digs it so I keep it in stock for those 2 reasons alone. This is a B- sotol though compared to what all else is out there.
* Lot: 03
* ABV: 48%
Wild and grassy on the nose; too grassy for me and it has a strange undergone of something almost like rotting cardboard.
Bold wild flavors and little to no burn despite its ABV. Stone ground wheat, buffalo grass and heavy earthy clay soil. A better overall flavor than I expected from the nose. It’s also worth mentioning that it got a tiny bit better with time and resting.
Unbeatable price and the wife digs it so I keep it in stock for those 2 reasons alone. This is a B- s
AdrianM
19 reviewsAmazing value on this sotol. Defintely what I was expecting. Very herbacious, nice punch from the abv, sweet, does not linger, but phenomenal for the price. I will definitey get a second bottle.
Cy Bister
26 reviewsSweet jackfruit, vanilla, alcohol, and road tar on the nose. It does not taste as sweet as it smells though, with a nice, balanced herbaceous quality and understated smokiness. Decent burn on the finish but the flavors dissipate quicker than I’d prefer. Oh well, at $20 a bottle, this stuff is a steal.
Rorschach
42 reviewsLote 0001, 48% abv
I like it! When I open a Sotol I expect that flavor of Dasyliron Wheeleri and this has it at a good value! Mucho Gracias!
TzotollineRaramuri
75 reviewsLote 0001
?- clear
?- prickling and drying impact.
Aromas of smoke, artichoke, acetate and alcohol.
Powerful, simple production.
Average length and ordinary character.
?- coating slight astringent effect; generous smooth alcohol; medium body.
Primarily sweet taste, with sour/bitter highlights; buttery smoothness.
Flavors of smoke, roasted nuts, roasted artichoke, dill spice.
Concentrated flavor intensity, slightly complex, bold balance.
Straightforward and very long finish.
Good impression.
*slightly monotone, simplistic, and maybe smokier than it need to be. But general character is fairly balanced.
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Lote 0001
?- clear
?- prickling and drying impact.
Aromas of smoke, artichoke, acetate and alcohol.
Powerful, simple production.
Average length and ordinary character.
?- coating slight astringent effect; generous smooth alcohol; medium body.
Primarily sweet taste, with sour/bitter highlights; buttery smoothness.
Flavors of smoke, roasted nuts, roasted artichoke, dill spice.
Concentrated flavor intensity, slightly complex, bold balance.
Straightforward and very long finish.
Good impression.
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