Campanilla del Palmar Verde – Jaime Navarro

48.9% abv, lote 03/23

Review #173: The nose has jalapeno, fresh grass, mint, pine, clove, anise, lime, lemon, and black pepper.
The palate has japaleno, fresh grass, pineapple, pine, mint, anise, green wood, kale, lime, lemon, black pepper, dried herbs, and a light smoke.

This is quite bold, and even a bit brash considering it’s clay pot, and i love that about it. I’m not usually a big fan of clay pots, as they tend to soften things up too much for my liking, but this is awesome. The Verde strikes through the clay giving it that solid mouthfeel, but the flavors and aromas just pop out. Very green profile but there’s these sweet fruits that balance it all so well.
This sample was provided to me free of charge with no strings attached.

An explosion of aromas. The nose has a lot of fruit notes like fresh cut pineapple, mango, cantaloupe, and bananas… but I wouldn’t call it a fruity mezcal. The nose also has these deep undercurrents of jalapeno, black pepper, and burnt herbs. Also a small bit of soft cheese. The palate has a similar fruit profile, especially with regards to pineapple and a new candy-apple type note that I don’t find on the nose. But it differs from the nose with additional notes of hard minerals, like drinking from the tap in a place that is known for it’s hard water. There’s also more herbal elements, like sweet spearmint. That transitions into honey and brown sugar on the finish. This is one that you want to take your time with. Highly enjoyable. Batch from March 2023.

March 2023, 100 liter, 48.90%

Nose: Jalapeno, Sweet peppers, citrus, stewed mango and pineapple, a bit of herbs on the back end

Palate and finish: dry citrus rind, lime, a bit of pine, honey jalapeno, a bit more of the stewed fruit on the backend, like mango and pineapple, but more tangy than sweet. Moving into finish is nice baking spices, cinnamon, mint, spiced cocoa.

This is a really good mezcal. Excellent balance of fruits, herbs, and spices. It’s complex yet consistent. I think the clay brought what I and others called “stewed” its slightly earthy and musty. It’s slightly karwinksii like especially on the nose.

This sample was provided to me, no strings attached and honest review above.

March 2023, 100 liter
Butterscotch notes all through this one.
Oily, sweet, peppery, and also with some dried banana/fruit notes. Ending has a hot touch, but diminishes quickly. The finish lingers very nicely almost like a sweeter oily coating in the mouth. As mentioned by another review these salmianas def carry a bit more ‘weight’ than the ones I’ve had from Durango (which are also great). Super delightful and I look forward to diving into more mezcal from SLP!
Review: #221

Distilled 3/2023 100 liters 48.9% Sampled on 8/ 2024. Aroma’s out of the bottle on this one. Are soft chili peppers, Jalapeno and sweetness of roasted agave. Just a touch of smoke on this one. And the alcohol is nowhere near what’s the 48.9 percent would lead you to believe. A little bit of spiciness and heat on the aroma on the end as this agave is known for. Flavors followed a suit with some of the strongest jalapeno cream cheese, sotol and spearmint flavors of the bunch. This one’s definitely got some heat and burn on the finish.
But it also fades fairly quickly.
Very woodsy, licorice, Minty and it finishes super clean with a citrus like finish like lime rind or lemon rind. Sort of oily and mouth coating also. Kind of like salty fish oil. But the flavor fades. I think this one would benefit from some time airing out in the bottle and the heat would go away.

I remember I was at Semillon in Cabo the first time I tried Salmiana and I was immediately drawn to how different the flavor profile was. This verde brings me back to that tasting. This is really fantastic stuff. Thicker mouthfeel than many other Durango mezcals I’ve had and the nose is extremely fragrant, funky (like cheese), and vegetal. On the palate, I’m definitely getting some jalapeño, green pepper, mint, pine, and funk. Perfumey aromas and flavor. Almost a bit of artificial grape flavor poking through at times. The smoke is really balanced and there’s essentially no burn on this. Really complex and I’d expect that from how old the plant was at maturity. Love this!

March 2023, 100 liter, 48.90% abv. sample.
sipped in a veladora glass. Oh my, first nose this is delightful. teleported to SLP (or rather what I imagine based on the various salmaiana’s destilado de agave from there!!)
aroma: fresh cut greens, candied peppers, hint of cinnamon or maple. cooked fruit, banana, date and cantaloupe. I could hang on this aroma just talking and talking before realizing I haven’t yet taken a sip 😀
palette: that went a different direction than I was expecting! more of the woody spice world. minerals, anise, cant quite pinpoint..cooked artichoke? rosemary?? regardless its delightful!
finish: sweet finish, pithy grapefruit, mint.
general notes: a very pleasant heat on this, in the way I want to have it there. Like its pushing the flavors forward letting you know they’re knocking on the door. dare I say Im getting some jabali vibes on this. or how about I say delicious a. salmiana ssp crassispina ‘Verde’ 🙂 !!