Review #770; Mezcal #76: Cinco Sentidos Espadin Puntas

This bottling from 5 Sentidos, is the first time the company has bottled and shipped Puntas into the United States. This 200 liter batch was made from harvesting ripe Espadin and roasting them in a conical oven with Mesquite firewood for 5 days. After being cooked, the agave were chopped with machete, smashed with hammers, and allowed to ferment with water in cypress sabino tanks. They were then double distilled on his single copper Alembic style still and bottled in March 2021.

Mezcalero: Tio Tello

Batch: PUNTAS01

ABV: 59.02%

Nose: Green Bell Peppers, Earthy, Lemon Zest, Garlic

Palate: Thick oily mouthfeel, Green Bell Peppers, Garlic, Lemon Zest, Earthiness, Minerality, Clove

Finish: Medium length finish, Green Bell Peppers, Clove, Garlic, Minerality, Lemon Zest, Earthy

Rating: 8/10

This is some excellent Mezcal. Loads of vegetal flavor, tons of savory spices, and that earthiness and minerality that bring it all together. It is a wonderfully intense punch in the face of flavor that is great sipped at strength and opens up a bit more of those spices with water.

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