TP2-001
Green, herbal, bright. Taste lingers nicely at the end with slight licorice and more herbaceousness. Not bad but def not my favorite tepeztate. 2oz sample
Review #109

Edition 2, 2018:
Wow! Green, vibrant, and notes of orange peel. Reminds me of the best things of a Tepeztate, but with sweet, creamy madrecuixe notes.
Soft and floral, yet full of flavor and complexities. Amazing stuff!
Edition 3 (US import version) :
Really grassy smell…almost like a sotol! Slight pink bubble gum I seem to get with MCs, more sotol tastes, and overall a bit on the dry side. This edition would be more like a 4 star.

Lote A35(200ML)
I feel like salmianas are a ‘love it or hate it’ agave. This one is delicious though, so guess I like them somewhat.
Strong smell & tastes of jalapeños & olive brine. Taste includes, but not limited to, honey, rotten fruit, bruised peaches, jalapeño poppers, and more. Complex and unique, and yet at least in my group, polarizing. I’ll probably upgrade this 200ml flask to a full bottle here soon. Great bottle to introduce to new mezcal curious friends, as it shows how crazy different and complex mezcal can be (as Rakhal also pointed out). More like 4.25
Review #107.

Lot A9 (200 ml), 46.4% ABV
Oatmeal cookie, some butterscotch. Light, and don’t seem to get much of any espadin notes. Sweet and not abrasive at all at 46% ABV. Great value, but might make a cocktail with this first, and sip in a pinch (similar to a Banhez Ensamble).
Review #106

Lote 22 (50ml sample)
Great smell – sweet and juicy candy. Taste of cantaloupe, dustiness, and some earth. Slightly abrasive, but the sweet/tangy flavors make up for it. More of a 3.75, which seems like a great value!
Review #105

Lote: 0319VFR
Great big, green, and herbal smell. Classic Ramos & Miahuatlan combination right here!
Green olives, jalapeños, oily, juicy, and with some light BBQ smoke mixed in. If I had to make a complaint maybe a bit too hot at the finish. Although it has improved to that regard with some air time. I think the ‘Verde’ is still my favorite from Mal Bien/Ramos’, but this one is right up there. Awesome tepeztate.
Review #104

Mole, Mole, Mole! No mistaking this pechuga that’s for sure.
Cinnamon, spice, broth, other spices. Not bad, but is dominated by the savoriness, and I am left wishing for something sweet (fruit, candy, something) to balance it all out. More of a unique, “try it once” mezcal for me.
Review #103
CX-PM02, Batch 2, 20-1950

7 agaves! This is a record for me. Nose is perfumey, welcoming, slightly candied, reminds me of a cuixe. Some spice, pepper on the taste. No one agave stands out, yet if I think about a particular one (tepeztate, cuixe) I I can taste each one.
Well rounded, if not maybe a bit too hot at the end. All around solid.

Lote: MIA-T2002US (200 ml)
Green, vegetal smell, and fairly pleasant. But then pretty underwhelming taste – burntness as others have mentioned, with some new rubber, synthetic, tennis ball taste. Some of the classic green, tep notes are buried down in there deep, which I’ve come to both love & expect, but not nearly as much as I’d prefer from this bottle. So overall not what I’d expect and want from a Tepeztate or a mezcal from Miahuatlan. 3.25.
Review #101

Dusty & reminiscent of some cenizos I’ve drank in the past. Slightly abrasive, but still sweet w/ salty & butterscotch notes. Not bad at all!
(And review #100)!

Edition 16: 2018 by Gregorio Jarquin
Stone, chalky, mineral, and complex. Sweet and satisfying. Seems like these bottles very widely by batch and producer, but can say that this one is really pretty good. Costco was carrying these up in NorCal as well, which is cool to see (Costco also had the Cuishe, which is not really as good as this one). 3.75
Review #99

BIEN01-19
Smell is strong – full of starburst and candied. Very intriguing! Bright, vibrant, some cheese in there as well. Taste carries through as well with the candied notes. Some funkiness in there for me though, which brings down the quality IMO. Would love to share this with people for conversation and debate, but wouldn’t be my go to, “top notch” mezcal.
Review #98

BCX02-19
Green, earthy, vegetal! Reminds me of other Miahuatlan mezcals, which I tend to be biased to. Piney taste, some chalky, sweet & fruity. Balanced with the overall greenish flavor notes. Very solid and wish I had more of this 2oz sample. 4.25
Review #97

S-01-E-20
Slight tinge in color. Subdued smell, but obviously clay. Sweet smells of espadin as well. Notes of chalkiness and some tropical fruit. Bit hot at the end, but still very well balanced with the clay distillation. 2oz sample.
Review #96

Wow! So drinkable at 57%. I get the fig newtons others have mentioned. Smell is a bit unassuming, and then the taste hits you – strong of course, yet soft with sweet, sugary, and dried dark fruit notes. More like a 4.25.

Great smell! Floral and scents of vanilla. Taste is soft & delicate – more vanilla, flowers, green notes (slight jalapeño in there), and some hotness at the end that didn’t seem to go away as the bottle got some airtime. I don’t get much of the tepextate notes that I love, but the softness and quality of this one is still great with this three agave ensamble. 4.25 stars.

Dominate clay smell & taste throughout. Interesting, but nothing overly complex. Tropical fruit, woody, vanilla. Not bad at all, but not blowing me away either.

Lote: 0419ER
Love the green, earthy smell I’ve come to recognize and love from the Ramos’. Get the key lime that others have mentioned. Mellower beginning – sweet, tropical fruits. The cuixes seems to dominate, and wish I could find more of the tepeztate. Red hot candy finish and probably a bit too hot. 4.25
Review #92

DS002-4M
The finish is the best part on this one – comes out of nowhere! Initially get some cream, grass, orange, vanilla almonds, and then bam – pink bubblegum at the finish. Complex and very interesting! Bit hot though as others have pointed out. 2oz sample. 4.25 stars.
Review #91

Series 4
Light, green smell. Different series, but still get the new tennis ball scent others have mentioned. Coconut comes in and out on both smell & taste. Some rubber, but a good balance of bright sweetness & smoke. Well rounded tobasiche, but the ‘synthetic smell’ brings it down for me.
Review #90