Review #520: Mezcal #58: NETA Tepextate Aficionados Batch

This batch comes to us via Seelbachs where it was picked in association with the Aficinoadp’s discord group. This comes from Sierra Sur, Oaxaca. It was cooked in a conical earthen oven, mashed with machete and machine mill, fermented with wild yeast in cypress wood tanks, and distilled twice on a copper pot still with well water. This batch is 60 liters in size. Let us see how well they chose.

Mezcalero: Heriberto Garcia Sanches

Batch: TPXHBG1906

ABV: 46%

Nose: Minerality, Earthy, Raw Green Bell Peppers, light mango

Palate: Medium oily mouthfeel. Strong Minerality, Eathiness, raw Green Bell Peppers, mango sweetness, light chalk, red berries, rainwater freshness.

Finish: Long finish. Warm. Pop of Bell Peppers, black pepper, chalky minerality, light mango sweetness , pop of red berries.

Rating: 9/10

Really quite exceptional. Loads of minerals, chalk, green vegetalness, hints of fruit sweetness, with a nice rainwater crisp freshness that permeates the experience. This is an incredibly flavorful and delicious Mezcal.

1 | Disgusting | So bad I poured it out.

2 | Poor | I wouldn’t consume by choice.

3 | Bad | Multiple flaws.

4 | Sub-par | Not bad, but better exists.

5 | Good | Good, just fine.

6 | Very Good | A cut above.

7 | Great | Well above average

8 | Excellent | Really quite exceptional.

9 | Incredible | An all time favorite

10 | Perfect | Perfect


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