Mezcal

Review #589; Rey Campero Tepeztate

This mezcal batch was produced for the Madre Restaurant and released as part of their 2020 Madre Exclusive collection. Mezcalero:Ramro S. Altamirano Batch: RS001-T ABV: 52.9% Nose: Raspberry faint medicinal, raw green bell peppers, vegetalness, green wood, earthy, Palate: Thick oily mouthfeel, warm. Green Apple, bell pepper, vegetalness, minerality, brine, vanilla. Finish: Medium length finish. Warm and Dry, raw green

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Review #581; Mezcal #64: Real Minero Largo Espadin / Bicuixe

Real Minero Largo Espadin Bicuixe This batch of Real Minero comes to us from the Madre Resturant. An exclusive batch this one is 41% Largo-Karwinskii, 34% Espadin – Angutifolia, and 25% Cuishe – Rhodacantha. With a batch size of just 82 liters let’s see how it turned out. Mezcalero: Edgar Angeles Batch: DRMM3-01 ABV: 49.59% Nose: Brine, fresh green

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Review #569; Mezcal #63: Madre La Mata Sotol Nombre De Dios

This custom batch, a whole 12 bottles which was selected by the Restaurant Madre, comes to us from Durango Mexico under the La Mata brand and was produced by Familia Lerma. Batch: 50T-L 25/06/19 ABV: 49.8% Nose: Fresh cut grass, vanilla cream, slight rubber, faint wood smoke Palate: Thick oily mouthfeel. Rubbery, heavy earthiness, minerality, faint oak spice, black

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Review #558; Mezcal #62: Rezpiral Mexicano & Tepeztate by Simeon & Apolonio

This is an exclusive bottling for the Madre restaurant. This 100 liter batch was cooked for 3 days in a conical oak fired oven,imll with machetes and darn Tahona, single distilled on copper, and the agave was grown for 13 – 25 years. Mezcalero:Simeon & Apolonio Ramierz Batch: Rezpiral Series 5 ABV: 52.4% Nose: Autumnal leaves, raspberries, Green

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Review #555; Mezcal #61: Cinco Sentidos Tobala + Tobasziche Tio Pedro Hernandez

Mezcalero: Tio Pedro Hernandez Batch: MDRLA 01-19 ABV: 47.1% Nose: Raw Green Peppers, fruits, blueberries, apple, orange peel, Minerality. Palate: Thick, oily mouthfeel. Heavy blueberry, crisp rainwater, light leather, tart rasberries, raw green vegetalness, wildflower. Finish: Medium length finish. Warm, Crisp Rainwater, fresh cut green peppers, tart rasberries, faint earthiness, strong raspberries and blueberry. Rating: 9/10 This is a rich and delicious

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Review #552; Mezcal #60: Mezcal Vago Ensemble En Barro Tio Rey

This bottling comes to us from producer Tio Rey. It is an Ensamble of 82% Espadin and 18% Mexicano. It was distilled on clay, grinded by hand, all in the Ancestral Category. Mezcalero: Tio Rey Batch: May 2019 ABV: 48% Nose: Heavy Earthiness, Minerality, Green Wood, lemon zest, Palate: Thick oily mouthfeel, Earthy, metallic minerality, green wood, faint campfire smoke,

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Review #548; Mezcal #59: Maguey Melate Tepextate Vasquez Tepextate

Mezcalero: Hermogenes Vasquez Garcia Batch: HER-TEP-001 This mezcal comes from Maguey Melate. This is from a wild grown Tepextate that was cooked in an earthen oven for 5 days, grinded in an electric mill, fermented for 6 days in a Mexican Cypress Wood Vat, then distilled two times on a copper still using well water. This produced

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Review #474; Mezcal #57: Cinco Sentidos Ensamble de 4 Magueys (Aficionados Batch)

This is a field blend of 4 Magueys from Atenogenes Garcia, the blend consists of 45% Bicuishe, 25% Coyote, 25% Tepeztate, and 5% Madrecuishe. Distilled in copper, fermented in a pine tank with calcium rich well water, and crushed by a tahona pulled by a “Old Ford Tractor”. This batch was selected by the Aficionados,

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