Baking spices. Cinnamon, allspice, clove. Wet clay, wet leaves, forest floor, dark chocolate, espresso. Classic Minas Largo. I love it.
Oh yeah, 95 year old Mezcalero Don Fede knows his stuff. My first impression was how clean this is, no flaws. This one is very tropical, it reminds me of a beach in Thailand. Pineapple, Mango, Plumeria flower, Jackfruit, Fresh Spearmint, Sea salt, Vanilla bean. Complex and delicious!
Lot: 062019. I’m a fan of the Agave Salmiana Mezcals that I’ve had from San Luis Potosí and this is no exception. Spicy jalapeño and fresh green bell pepper reminiscent of Tepextate. Something very earthy like fresh potting soil. Menthol and the slightest bit of lactic flavor. At $45 a bottle this is a great deal! For those who like cocktails, this makes an excellent Mezcal Negroni.
Lot: JT05-19. Alberto Martinez is one of my favorite Mezcaleros. I always wait awhile to review his Mezcals because they are so complex and they change over time so it takes me time to wrap my head around them. This batch of 120 Liters at 46.9% is very floral and fruity. Jasmine, clover honey, pineapple, vanilla ice cream, very light caramel, old cedar chest, with a finish of orange peel and lavender. Damn this is good!
Excellent! Fresh, clean, and delicate. Juicy fruit gum, pineapple, mango, clove, allspice, and river rocks.
I liked this immediately. Jasmine, brown sugar, wet clay, roasted banana, and lemon zest. Love this!
I got to go to her Palenque to pick this batch up and it wasn’t my favorite among the many expressions she had to taste, but every time I taste it now it gets better. Banana, slate rock, rock salt, spearmint, ginger, cinnamon. Really good Mexicano.
Big fan of this one. Thyme, wood ash, banana cream pie, arugula, freshly mown grass, cacao, caramel, salted cucumber. Really vegetal and funky but it just works for me.
Jalapeño, fresh green bell pepper, anise, tarragon, tomatillo, jasmine flower. Nice.
Alcohol, sandalwood, bitter gentian root, hemp rope, soy sauce, bbq sauce, olive brine, red meat, roast agave. Interesting but I don’t like it.
Incense, cake frosting, freshly turned soil, cedar, ocean air, stewed dark fruits. Fantastic.
I got strong melon flavors from this. Cantaloupe, honeydew, candy corns, vanilla, spearmint, eucalyptus, sea salt, creamy mouthfeel. Very tasty.
New tennis shoe, plastic, campfire, grapefruit pith, kaffir lime leaf, peppermint, rubber band. I dislike this intensely.
Took me a while with this one to notice anything else but a decent Espadin but subtle flavors starting coming out. Menthol, basil, vanilla, sandalwood, strawberry shisha tobacco, cacao, and clove.
Barbecued pineapple, caramel, cinnamon, mango, pine, with a spicy salty cayenne pepper olive brine finish.
This is a perfect expression of Barril Agave. Earthy and complex. Freshly cut oak tree, baked clay, roasted cacao, old leather, marbled rye, vanilla ice cream. I love this.
Whoa! This is funky! Stinky feet on the nose, definite pulque flavor which I like, very vegetal like steamed grass, then out of nowhere it turns sour, like sour candy. At first I was put off, but I kept coming back for the acidity and the uniqueness. I don’t know if you need a bottle of this but you should definitely try it. I’m getting a bottle, just because it’s so different.
This one has a lot going on, funky, lactic, sweet, salty. I only had an ounce to taste so I’m sure if I had more I would taste even more flavors. Brown sugar, sour milk, cinnamon, milk chocolate, sea salt, wint o green lifesavers. A unique expression of Agave Azul.
Savory and sweet like warm apple pie, cinnamon, clove, allspice. Nice dessert Mezcal.
Minty! Peppermint candy, anise flavors like fennel fronds and some fresh minerality like river rocks. I like this one a lot.
