Koch Tepextate is complex and fresh with aromas of herbs and roots. On the palate, it is floral, herbal, and light with a somewhat sweet aftertaste.
About this mezcal
Koch Tepextate is made with 15 year old wild agave Tepextate in San Baltazar. This mezcal is made by Pedro Hernandez, and it is complex and fresh with aromas of herbs and roots. On the palate, it is floral, herbal, and light with a somewhat sweet aftertaste.
Koch Mezcal
Carlos Moreno’s family has been linked to mezcal since the beginning of the 20th century. In 2009, Carlos resumed the family tradition and teamed up with 5th generation maestro mezcalero Pedro Hernandez to create Koch El Mezcal de Oaxaca, with the goal of preserving and promoting mezcal culture. After 10 years of business, they’ve now integrated more than 15 communities and 50 producing families into their collective. Each batch will vary, so check your bottle for details.
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GMAD
97 reviewsLot 01/19, 47%, Pedro Hernández
Nose – Fresh, soft, and sweet. Bubblegum, baby powder, fresh cut grass, lemon, cream cheese, and some permanent marker.
Palate – Tangy, sour, and acidic. Tamarind, grapes, rotting mangoes, some grass, passion fruit and ripe oranges.
Finish – Dark, bittersweet and smoky. Barbecue sauce, super-dark chocolate, prunes, mango pit, and some pineapple.
Very good! Delicious, it tastes deep and tropical. Pretty good value play to serve as a sipper or to sample a different agave varietal.
Lot 01/19, 47%, Pedro Hernández
Nose – Fresh, soft, and sweet. Bubblegum, baby powder, fresh cut grass, lemon, cream cheese, and some permanent marker.
Palate – Tangy, sour, and acidic. Tamarind, grapes, rotting mangoes, some grass, passion fruit and ripe oranges.
Finish – Dark, bittersweet and smoky. Barbecue sauce, super-dark chocolate, prunes, mango pit, and some pineapple.
Very good! Delicious, it tastes deep and tropical. Pretty good value play to serve as a sipper or to
aarild
153 reviewsFloral aromas, very light and aromatic smoke, a bit green bell peppers on the nose. Tastes of vanillin, carrots braised with pressed oranges and tarragon, jalapeño, boiled agave, some tropical fruits hard to decipher.
Well integrated alcohol and very nice, slightly viscous mouthfeel. The style reminds a little bit of Del Maguey’s Wild Tepeztate, but this is slightly sweeter. Excellent craftmansship, just a little bit short aftertaste and onedimensional for a full score. Lote MK005/17TEP
Floral aromas, very light and aromatic smoke, a bit green bell peppers on the nose. Tastes of vanillin, carrots braised with pressed oranges and tarragon, jalapeño, boiled agave, some tropical fruits hard to decipher.
Well integrated alcohol and very nice, slightly viscous mouthfeel. The style reminds a little bit of Del Maguey’s Wild Tepeztate, but this is slightly sweeter. Excellent craftmansship, just a little bit short aftertaste and onedimensional for a full score. Lote MK005/17TEP
Mansson
71 reviewsLot MK001/14TEP, distilled 2014. I have had a bottle of this opened for a long while, hoping that it would mellow over time. But, alas, it hasn’t. It still has a very sharp, rough taste of burnt rubber and ash. There is some sweetness to counter that, but it’s not a pleasant drink overall. Leaves quite a pronounced burn in your throat.
Tomixology
17 reviewsFresh floral notes on the nose, toffee sweetness which is in the initial followed by a coppery sharpness, slightly harsher then most, liquorice and a sweeter Muscato like chard smokey finish. (Very deep ?)
Give it slightly lower then 3, but would like to try again, might give a better judgment.
Tyler
668 reviewsThe softer side of tepextates, this Koch is floral was faint note of cranberry that finishes with peppery ash. Smooth finish with a lingering sweetness. Lot: MK003/15