Recent reviews

Lote A10 bottle 560t year 6/20 44.8% Aromas out of the bottle are cheese overripe green vegetables and burnt Caramelized sugar. Aromas are vanilla Nice viscosity and mouthfeel a lot of barnyard smells and Aromas lots of funk here. Mango gone bad and other ripe spoiled fruits burnt orange. No smoke. I felt that after this bottle aired out the aroma and flavor improved significantly. It’s now one of my favorites from this producer. The more this one airs out the funker it gets! Almost over the edge.

Lote A10 bottle 560T year 03/21 45.0% Aromas out of the bottle are soft ripe cheese and alcohol. Spritzy sour green pepper and cola lightly sour kind of plastic flavors on the exhale. Soft overripe aloe fishey. My least favorite from Derrumbes so far.

The nose is surprisingly floral and delicate for a tepeztate, but there are hints of leather saddlebags and a freshly cleaned barn. It is bright and citrusy on the palate with a slightly medicinal finish similar to that of an Islay Scotch. The finish is a little rough, but not offensive.

Simply put, this Mezcal is next level. The more I drank it, the more I shared it, the more I enjoyed it. The nose is a stop into a morning bakery. There is vanilla, caramel, and sticky buns pulled from the over. The expected heat from the higher proof just isn’t there. The Mezcal somehow melts in your mouth, smooth and with hints of orange rind and brown sugar. The finish lingers pleasantly for a few seconds before before fading and leaving you wanting more. Time and time again, in tastings with friends or on my own, this was the one I kept going back to.

Sweet peppers and some lavender on the nose. Similar to aromas on Everardo’s madrecuixe. This has a sweet minerality with some pepper spice. It also has a candied grape quality. I enjoy the long lasting finish. I have this ahead of Everardo’s tobala but behind his madrecuixe. RIP.

Lote A8 bottle 4801 date 11/19 47% Aromas out of the bottle of sweet vegetable overripe green vegetables. Taste is no smoke ripe cheese ripe vegetables and burnt sugar flavors and Aromas maybe some of thecheese flavors but not like the san Luis Potosi. A lot to like here and easy to drink not my style but I do appreciate it for the style and Unique flavor.

Lot: 34/01B
Great for the price but not overly complex to me. I get citrus and vanilla on the nose with quite a lot of pepper on the palate.

Holy jalapeños! Spicy, herbal, savory and zesty. If you’re a fan of the spicier mezcals, definitely give this one a go!

Wouldn’t really guess this to be a Mezcal if it wasn’t labeled as one. A really good Tequila-esque spirit. Pepper and agave forward. A very, very light smoke.

4.25/5 Reminds me of camping in the Northern Canadian forest, eh.
Cedar smoke, moss and a smouldering fire pit from the bbq the night before. Fresh spring air.
An unusual but really good Sotol!

Definitely a meaty bite to it. Light bbq smoke, cotija cheese, mint. Spicy pepper, herbal and light floral notes. Some oak and earthiness. Tons of flavor, light on booze. A real pleasure to drink

Tons of tropical fruit, guava, mango, flambeed apple. Bbq chicken smoke, roasted pineapple. Light Cinnamon. Toasted nuts. Cream cheese frosting. Mole Manchamanteles. Smooth, silky, creamy mouthfeel.
Sweet and salty. Fruit and bbq. Amazing!

Ashen smoke, anise and aloe, peppery. Charred Serrano, dark chocolate and very earthy. Minerality. Light sourdough. Sweet pear and apple. Lots of smoke and fair amount of booze on the exhale.

Grape Crush soda, milk chocolate, Cherimoya fruit, vanilla light smoke. Sweet cream cheese. Spicy, roasted poblano peppers. Floral white white and lime zest.

A savory spirit. Earthy, slightly citric. Funky yeast, vegetal tomatillos, pickled asparagus like a Caesar cocktail. Light cedar smoke and red grapefruit. Lots of booze heat.

I’m pretty new to Raicilla and was expecting more funk.
Reminds me of a peppery Tequila, floral Pisco and sweet Cointreau.
Flavors of cracked black pepper, Juicy Fruit gum, jackfruit, orange peel. Soapberry like lychee.
Great with pear liqueur as a martini!

Rockin’ Espadin. Probably flew through this 200ml bottle faster than any Mixtape offering ever released. There is something special about a good Espadin in the age of basic sub-43% celebrity Espadin mezcals. Looking at you “two guys”!

The full flavor of this Espadin (at 50.2%) is incredible because of the complexity of flavors. The “high” proof doesn’t overbear any part of this distillate. Big notes of powered sugar, salt, and lime rind. This is delicious.

Lot A9 bottle 2592 date 6/20 46.4% Aromas out of the bottle are soft smoke and ripe stone fruit. Flavors are soft and smooth pink candy flavors creamy with some fireplace. Very easy to drink love this style. Just nothing outstanding or wrong with this one.

One of my sippin favourites. All of the described flavours come through…sooo good. More than $100/bottle in my area.

Bozal Pechuga has a rich mouthfeel with flavors of roasted fruit, subtle minerality, and a slight smokiness, finishing dry on the back of the palate

Batch: CAP01-19 Bottle: 118/355 48.1% abv

Was first exposed to this particular 5 Sentidos offering at Damian in Los Angeles in April 2021 and really enjoyed it. I then went out a purchased a bottle at Ramirez, and this bottle has been such a chameleon. The capón aspect can really intensify the sugars and sweetness, and this one definitely is a sugar bomb, however it does have some of those over-the-hill qualities or like overripe fruit, it can hit a bit of champagne vinegar or even funk or rottenness. It makes it hard to review because it goes back and forth for me, being super sweet and delicate and then overpowering and off-putting. On the nose it does have a slight funk to it but tons of burnt sugar/caramel/roasted sugarcane as well as wet earth from a recently tilled field. The flavors are a combination of heavy cinnamon syrup, toasted almond, and artificial sweetener (yes, it is that sweet). In addition, it seems to be a little effervescent. One review mentioned vomit or sweaty feet, and it hits on that too. Looking over the other reviews, it seems like there is a wide divergence in flavor profiles (except for that cinnamon note/red hots/Dentyne ) and a bit of funk. I would recommend sampling it if you can find it a bar, but at $110 a bottle, you may want to hold off until you try it.