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Gem & Bolt Mezcal Artesenal

  • Distiller:

    Ignacio Martinez

  • Bottler:

    Gem & Bolt

  • ABV:

    40%

  • Age:

    NA

  • Price:
    $$$$$
  • Raided Score: 66
  • Publication: Tequila Raiders
  • Excerpt: I can’t really say I love this. I like the attempt at innovation, but it falls short, and feels more like a gimmick in the end. I’m not really upset, since I bought this at a hefty discount, but I wouldn’t buy it again. It’s just bad mezcal, in my opinion.
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  • Raided Score: 82
  • Publication: Distiller
  • Excerpt: A tasty if not profound mezcal with clean flavors, brilliant packaging, and if the rumors about Damiana’s benefits are true, a potent extra feature.
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  • Raided Score: 87
  • Publication: Tastings
  • Excerpt: Herbal aromas and flavors of peppermint, eucalyptus, lavender, black tea, and honey. An herbaceous and distinctive Mezcal for hot toddies, creative stirred cocktails, and bonding sips.
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  • Raided Score: 71
  • Publication: Drink Hacker
  • Excerpt: Heavy herbal/floral notes that play out over a strange base of roasted mushroom and wet forest floor. All told, this might work as a mixer in an herb-heavy cocktail, but on its own the lack of both focus and balance leave the imbiber wanting.
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  • Intro:

    Produced by Ignacio Martinez in San Dionisio Ocotepec using Espadin, this Mezcal is distilled and infused with Damiana before undergoing a second distillation. This is a new concept to me, as I've had few infused Mezcals, so I'm looking forward to the experience. Let's dive in.

  • Nose:

    Really rich honey, pineapple, apples, cotton candy and a funny weird clove note I don’t really usually get in a Mezcal. Almost some sour cream. Grassy. Outdoors after a rainstorm. Lots of really interesting, but also bizarre, notes.

  • Taste:

    Thin on the palate, but no heat. It’s sweet, quite a bit of vanilla, some lime, weird custard like note. Bit of grassy note in there, with some clove. Weird.

  • Finish:

    Short, but interesting. Really creamy once again, but not sweet here. Creamy clove, heather, a weird grassy note. Some soil. Lots of soil. I feel like I got dirt in my mouth, in a disagreeable way, for some time after swallowing the end of this dram.

  • Overall:

    I can’t really say I love this. I like the attempt at innovation, but it falls short, and feels more like a gimmick in the end. I’m not really upset, since I bought this at a hefty discount, but I wouldn’t buy it again. It’s just bad mezcal, in my opinion.

  • Score:

    3

  • By t8ke
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