Lot: B0040EB4219 Creamy, lemon rind, caramel, vanilla. Inoffensive but a bit boring.
Creamy but thin in flavor, bitter aftertaste like gentian root, nail polish remover, vanilla, salty, and yeasty.
Creamy mouthfeel. Poblano chile, cilantro, lime pith, parsley, apple jolly rancher candy. Liked it less the more I had, a bit too much of that jolly rancher note for my taste.
Lot 001. Macario Partida Ramos. Ixtero Amarillo, Azul Telcruz, and Brocha. Sandalwood, orange, vanilla ice cream, burnt caramel, and spearmint. I like this a lot!
AE-XXSJR. Special edition ensamble of Espadin, Tepextate, and Tobala. Fresh jalapeño, bell pepper, vanilla. Salty with a slight acetone finish.
ARMB-02. Black pepper, cooked agave, cinnamon, and roasted banana. Good Barril!
RMS-01. Flowers and spices! Clove, caramel, and black pepper. Nice.
RMA-08. My favorite Real Minero. Very complex, interesting, well made Mezcal. Love this one!
XBP14-18. Nicely balanced. This was definitely made by someone who knows what they are doing. Warming spices. Cinnamon, clove, allspice. Brown sugar and caramel. Sweet but in a good way. Not at all bitter or floral or fruity, just woody, warm, and spicy. Good complexity. I dig this one.
SBG-T1903. Cloyingly sweet. Orange marmalade and corn syrup. Way too sweet for me. Slight chemical taste.
AA006. Overpowering clay, like drinking out of a raw clay mug that hadn’t been fired yet. Very dry. Strong sandalwood flavor, mint, menthol, cinnamon, clove, allspice.
Lot C-17. Strong anise, brown sugar, menthol, cut grass, mint, grapefruit pith.
Lot 28. Grapefruit, cooked agave, white pepper, roast banana. Sour and slightly metallic.
Edition 14, 2019. Gregorio Martinez and Valentin Cortes. Smooth with notes of rosemary, raisins, and mint. Yum!
Edition 6, 2017, Black bottle. Pablo Vasquez in Ejutla NOT Pedro Vasquez. Is Pablo related to Pedro?? I did a double take on the Mezcalero name here because I am used to seeing Pedro Vasquez. Anyways, this one is nice and tropical with notes of caramelized pineapple, tamarind, and plumeria flower.
Edition 03, 2018, Ignacio Parada. WOW!! Tasted all the black bottles at Mezcalogia in Oaxaca and this was the unanimous favorite. Wheat grass, cream, carrot, celery, dry soil, freshly cut grass, tahini. This one is special.
Edición 07, 2018, Pedro Vasquez, Black bottle. Tasted in Mezcalogia, Oaxaca City. Very hot, nail polish remover, rubbing alcohol, dirty socks. One of my favorite Mezcaleros but none of us liked this one. I’m very surprised this got bottled.
Lot: SJR107/18 Very sweet, rubbing alcohol, pineapple, banana, viscous with a sour finish.
Lot: DBY27/16. I’ve had some good Mezcal from this brand, this is not one of them. Rubbing alcohol, nail polish remover, tin, burnt electric wires, hay. Really bad.
Lot BAR-151. Very fruity. Coconut, pineapple, plum, and melon. This could have easily been a five star but it was thin and watery. It was the end of the bottle at a random food truck in Montpellier France and part of me wonders if it was watered down. I will amend my review if next time I try it it’s not watery.
