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La Jicarita Tepeztate

Mar 13, 2021

After a pour, the room is full of candied maguey, let alone the nose, powerful. The notes are tomatillo & jalapeno forward, before it settles into a smooth tobacco earthiness & a bright finish of kaffir lime. Plenty of variety in this flavor experience. Though I didn’t catch onto much of the cheesier notes I’m use to with many a proud Tepeztates, alongside La Jicarita’s Pechuga & Sierra Negra, this is another favorite addition to their lineup.

La Jicarita Sierra Negra

Mar 11, 2021

Full flavors of roasted agave & reminiscent meatiness. Leaves you with citrus & peppercorn. A unique mixed bag of lingering flavors.

La Luna Manso Sahuayo

Mar 7, 2021

The smell opens up the nose with a tangy sweetness. The taste differed, a salty lemon brine & fades into a lasting resinous flavor of cedar.

Banhez Tepeztate

Mar 5, 2021

Comes in viscous with the vegetal notes of green pepper & a hint of cheesiness, then leaves with black pepper. For Tepeztate, it’s a bit one-dimensional, but when you’re not critiquing it for a mezcal review & enjoying it with friends, it still belongs to one of my favorite maguey.

Lot: TEJ450618

Don Mateo Pechuga

Feb 26, 2021

Lot 35, June 2018. Maestro: Delia Vargas Vieyra. A. Cupreata w/ turkey breast, deer & iguana meat.

Orange peel & roasted agave, the higher notes of star anise & clove, with the tannins of mulled wine. Doesn’t hold the robust meatiness nor the lingering sweetness of dried fruit that I often align with my favorite Pechugas, yet maintains the Don Mateo level of quality.

Siembra Metl Don Mateo Cupreata

Feb 14, 2021

Like the day after a rain in the desert inspires the smells of aromatic chaparral. The creosote bush & desert sage rise from the dry beginnings.

As Michoacan is to Don Mateo, as is Don Mateo to Cupreata.

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