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Del Maguey Wild Papalome
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Distiller:
Fernando Caballero Cruz
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Bottler:
Del Maguey
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ABV:
45%
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Age:
NAS
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Price:
$$$$$
- Raided Score: 90
- Publication: Tequila Raiders
- Excerpt: Thin to medium mouthfeel, no heat. Sweet cream, mildly smoky. Tobacco, soil, rhubarb, beets. Vibrant, effervescent fruitiness. Pear, mango, chili peppers. This was very nice. Unique, vibrant, and bursting with flavor. I bet it makes a wild cocktail, also.
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- Raided Score: 91
- Publication: Distiller
- Excerpt: It is dirty and gamey on the nose with notes of hot clay, charred pineapple and burning mesquite (no doubt enhanced by the clay in the condenser). The nose is mirrored on the palate although much sweeter than expected.
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- Raided Score: 86
- Publication: Drink Hacker
- Excerpt: On the palate the mezcal offers few surprises. kicking off with a rather sharp but gently sweet note, then segueing into gentle smoke that influences notes of orange peel, lemon, green banana, and some white wine character. It’s definitely on the quiet side for mezcal, but pleasant and pretty from start to finish.
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Intro:
"We met our first producer for our Vino De Mezcal series, Fernando Caballero Cruz five or six years ago at the annual Dia de los Magueyeros. He and his family live in the Mixteca Alta region. The trip in to Teozacoalco is about 5 hours on the worst rock and dirt road we have ever been on. The maguey Papalometl is named in Nahuatl for the butterfly (papalotl), Scientific name: agave Cupreata and looks like a giant Tobala. Distillation takes place in a stainless pot with a clay condensor and Carrizo (Mexican bamboo) tube. Earthy, dark and delicious. The nose is like sinking into a rich leather chair. A palate of leather, slate, a hint of black olive and meatiness. A medium long finish starting with slightly sweet notes of dark dried black cherries that gives way to an earthy, savory mushroom. Enjoy!" - Del Maguey Website
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Nose:
Rich, vibrant fruitiness. Vinegar, soil. Sweet honey, confectioners sugar, musty acids.
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Taste:
Thin to medium mouthfeel, no heat. Sweet cream, mildly smoky. Tobacco, soil, rhubarb, beets. Vibrant, effervescent fruitiness. Pear, mango, chili peppers.
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Finish:
Short but crisp, clean. No heat. Pepper, more smoky. Lots of soil influence, some rubber, sweet cream.
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Overall:
This was very nice. Unique, vibrant, and bursting with flavor. I bet it makes a wild cocktail, also.
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Score:
7
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