Campanilla del Palmar Chino, Cuerno, Verde – M. Maria de la Luz

Maria de La Luz Martinez – Chino 40% y Cuerno 40% y 20% Verde
52.90% abv, June 2023, 100 liters. sipped in a veladora glass.

aroma: fresh bright, jalapeño peppers, briny pickles.. but also musty mushrooms, a sweet dry rub bbq scent. could it be jalapeño cornbread?! ripe fruit, very aromatic. love that!
palette: mmm, super. shape shifting. hot green peppers. little meaty & little minty, this gets sweeter and tastier as I sip into it. dash heat on the tail is nice. long finish. touch of sweet char near the end. would happily sip more of this! very tasty!

June 2023. Incredible aromas straight off the pour that continue to develop the longer it sits in the glass. Aromas of green pepper, serrano, nag champa, sandalwood, wet leaves, and spearmint. The palate is out of this world. Notes of honeydew melon, overripe papaya, millet beer tchouk, salty pretzels, cumin, and Red Hots candy. I’m really enjoying everything about this mezcal. It walks this line between being delicate and soft, while also being rough and rustic, like hearing John Mayer shred through the harder, head-banging parts of Terrapin Station. “I can’t figure out…. If it’s an end or beginning”

52.9% abv, lote 04/23

Review #175: The nose has smoked meat, bbq sauce, cinnamon, earthy, malt balls, and apple slaw.
The palate has caramel, tangy bbq sauce, canteloupe, apple slaw, honey glaze, soy sauce, chicken, clay, and roasted jalapeno.

There’s definitely a lot going on with this one. After taking lots of time with it there’s plenty of complexity that I’m sure I’m missing. It’s sort of a chameleon in that way. The verde also really shines in this and i love that. The flavors and aromas are just blissful in the glass. Hands down my favorite out of the handful I’ve had.
This sample was provided to me free of charge with no strings attached.

I have never had a Mezcal from Maria de la Luz that wasn’t fantastic. This is no exception. In my opinion she is one of the top producers of Mezcal in Mexico. This Mezcal is so perfectly made that it’s in a league of its own. It’s 53% Alcohol but it almost tastes like there’s no alcohol at all. It’s got a mouthfeel that is ethereal, it’s almost like you’re drinking perfumed air. Absolutely magic. The complexity here is insane! This is one of those Mezcals that just keeps changing and changing the longer you sip on it. Right now I’m getting fresh spearmint, cinnamon, cantaloupe, honeydew melon, anise, and salted caramel. Perfection.

2.5 ounce sample, 52.9% abv, 2023

Classic salmiana aromas – green pepper, jalapeño, soft sweet nose, green wood from a freshly stripped sapling.

Palate has so much going on: apple sauce and pork chops, green fruit – pear, plum, and apple – maple syrup, cooked agave, honeycomb, and on the backend some of that nopal and roasted poblano, rich wood smoke, with those baking spices. Heat is subdued but still present, a sign of being aged in glass.

Agree with other reviewers, a stellar batch. A ton of complexity and layers of nuance and a never-ending merry-go-round of flavors.

June 2023 batch. ABV: 52.9%

Nose: melon, grapefruit, fresh basil, green and grassy as it sits. Plenty of nice citrus, a bit of pine and sweet mustard

Palate: honey grapefruit, tangy brown sugar almost like Carnitas. Slightly reminds me of this Sonoran chicken marinade I have, earthy, cumin, a bit of honey. Finish is where I finally get the mint people mention, a bit more spiced melon, nice earthy clay as it dissipates.

I love this mezcal. It’s earthy, fruity, and baking spice filled. It’s got a little tang to it. Just an overall lovely bottle and tied with the Cuerno sample I have as just terrific stuff.

Gonna agree with Forpowder on the 5 star rating here. Damn, I really like this one a lot! I didn’t look at the percentage breakdown of the magueys until after my initial taste and was hit by the chino flavor first, which makes sense because it’s 40% of the ensamble. The chino flavor here is actually very reminiscent of a michoacan style chino, fruity like starburst with some underlying cigar smoke. The cuerno then comes through and brings in almost an americana style flavor profile and is a bit of a smoked meat style flavor profile. End of the taste and lingering flavor is that of the verde, a bit more green and sour. The longer you taste and the longer you sniff, the more it changes. Dynamic is a great word for this mezcal. As I’m writing this review, more of the smoke flavor is poking through– bbq style. This will probably be incredible once it airs out and ages more.

Distilled on 4 2023 100 liters 52.9% Aromas out of the bottle were very mute with some strange brown green flavors that i’ve never encountered before kind of like listerine mouthwash candy. The most unusual mix of flavors. I’m getting gasoline petroleum Listerine Moth balls, all in a great way. And there’s no way you can tell that this is 52%. It’s like there’s no alcohol at all. It’s a mystery. Peppermint, solot, spearmint this is different in a mysterious way. So lingering and complex. after It was in the glass for a bit and aired out some I got something crazy like chicken noodle soup and sotol. It was meaty, brothy, vegetable like and herbal all at the same time. But predominantly spearmint over and over again. This is delicious if you get a chance, try it. I’ve never had a mezcal like it!