Yep this is for sure cranberry muffins but I also get orange rind added to them. There is also a creamy lemon meringue on the nose as well. The palate follows suit which is nice with a rich cranberry orange pastry followed by a hit of margarita mix. The finish on this one has a subtle caramel sweetness with very earthy and clay overtones.

The green onion / scallion come through heavy on the nose. I am also getting un-ripened avocado and heavy potassium on the nose. The palate initially was a meaty vegetable. I also got a sweetness that was hard to discern between a strawberry cream cupcake and caramel. The finish is nice and oily with a return to the onion-y vegetal intro. It also has nice clay pot and hay notes on the end. Quite good. Loving the black label.

Emanuel Ramos
48.5% abv

Nose – grassy, sharp, fruity
Palate – dulce de leche, creamy, fruity
Finish – caramel cream, leather, buttery

Victor Ramos
49.1% abv
Each agave is 25% of recipe

Nose – sweet cream, vanilla, strawberry, floral, sorbet, orange creamsicle
Palate – caramel cream, vanilla, clay, light smoke, decadent
Finish – butterscotch, oily, butter, vegetal

Juan Vasquez
46.9% abv

Nose – musty, grandfather’s cardigan, cream, floral, plum, fruity
Palate – clay, cedar, wood
Finish – floral, clay, mineral, slate

Emanuel Ramos
48.4% abv

Nose – lemon, cream, lime zest, banana, floral, grassy
Palate – mineral, slate, clay, floral, soil, mint, licorice
Finish – very minty, light smokiness

This is a great mixer mezcal when you are looking for a tamed smoke. There is nothing super exciting here but it also is not bad at all.

Nose: earthy, cabbage

Palate: barnyard, hay, medium mouthfeel, soil, earthy

Finish: cedar

It just falls a little flat but it is not meant to be a heavy hitter.

This mezcal just feels so fresh. It puts me back to going to fiesta in Houston and getting that Mexican street corn whiff as I walk into the fruit section of the supermarket.

Nose: smoked citrus, underripe corn on the cob, creamed corn

Palate: sweet corn, medicinal, mango, tropical fruit, dark chocolate, oily mouthfeel, creamy

Finish: burnt veggies, wet clay, wet wood, bbq

Series 4 48%abv

Nose – bitter dark chocolate, banana, plantain
Palate – funky, peppery, fresh and vegetal, nuts
Finish – earth, clay

49%abv

Nose – earthy, clay, smoked citrus fruits
Palate – smoky, fruity, strawberry, green peppers, cayenne, cinnamon stick
Finish – woody, fresh smoke, earth, little heat

48.1%abv
San Martinero = Barril (Karwinski)

Nose – wet green veggies, clay
Palate – sweet smoke, wet grass, clay, citrus, melon, mint
Finish – cigar smoke, ash, oily

Lote CAS-T 13/2/19
Santiago, Nuevo Leon
Jorge Torres

Nose – roasted sweet corn on the cob, canned corn, creamed corn, roasted poblano, plantain
Palate – roasted corn tortillas, Mexican mixed cheese, caramelized onion (sweet)
Finish – smoky corn, oily, steamed rice

This was an absolutely delicious mezcal. It was very unique and would be unreal with some street tacos.

Lote VER-S 12/1/19 48%abv
Nombre de Dios, Durango
Manuel y Pepe Simental

Nose – pepper jack cheese, jalapeño havarti cheese, green chilis, salsa verde
Palate – spearmint, super green veggies, pepper, vegetal
Finish – velvety, oily mouthfeel, minty, quite delicious

Batch SOT-C 10/6/20 49.2%abv
Sotol from Durango
Chemino de la Cruz

Nose – fresh cut grass, green, grape
Palate – wet leaves, cucumber, grape, clay
Finish – minty, fresh, oily, clean

This was a fantastic Sotol!

Nose – citrus punch, lemon zest, lime rind, creaminess, vegetal
Palate – clay, barnyard, soil, hay, green vegetal, citrus rind, grassy
Finish – fresh green veggies, wet soil, clay

Batch MXTC04-01 49.6%abv
258 bottles total
From the state of Puebla
Similar agave to Tobala
Added chicken, bananas, apples, anise, cinnamon, chocolate

Nose – floral, dill, anise, super spiced pumpkin pie
Palate – digestif, licorice, cinnamon, Underberg
Finish – oily, fresh, licorice, baking spice, dark chocolate, cocoa

Batch SN03 47.3v
Rarer agave – distilled in clay
Agaves were 12-15 years before being harvested
Grow to 250-300kg
Must be cut into 6ths to be transported
Beat the pinas with a stick to keep the curses out

Nose – creamy, cabbage, lemony cheese, light funk, barnyard, salty
Palate – tart cherry, pomegranate, lime zest, fruit roll up, earth, hay
Finish – sweet and fruity

Batch BAX01-19 47.7%abv
Wild agave were cultivated
Roasted 4-6 days
Chopped then Tahona ground

Nose – seaweed, brine, fresh cut pumpkin, apples, celery seed, beans
Palate – farmy, soil, cheesy, sugar snap peas
Finish – mulch, oily finish, floral, lime rind

Nose – citrus, pine, wood
Palate – peppery, lemon, oily, green veggies, fresh citrus
Finish – cedar, pine, lemon oils, clay, wet flora

47%abv

Nose – tree bark, cucumber, sweet and fruity
Palate – orange rind, banana, cedar, pine
Finish – minty, pine