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Mezcal Vago Mexicano
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Distiller:
Aquilino Garcia Lopez
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Bottler:
Vago Mezcal
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ABV:
50.8%
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Age:
NAS
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Price:
$$$$$
- Raided Score: 80
- Publication: Distiller
- Excerpt: Smoky black pepper and tar notes emerge upon sipping, but the overall effect is still quite floral. The nose of this mezcal is quite captivating, but promises a complexity and vividness on the palate that is not quite delivered upon.
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Intro:
This is a blend of two agaves, distilled in Oaxaca. It features 90% Mexicano Agave and 10% Espadin Agave. The Mezcalero is Aquilino Garcia Lopes, distilled in the village of Candelariaa. It was stone ground and distilled using a copper still.
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Nose:
Vinegar, salt and pepper. Beets, earthy, sour and lactic. Earthy terroir is really prominent here as well as some grass, floral, fruitiness.
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Taste:
Medium mouth feel, some heat. Faintly smoky (ashy) with some pepper. Sweet cream, burnt rubber. Really interesting juxtaposition of smoky and sweet.
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Finish:
Short, peppery and smoky with a faint vanilla and citrus character on the exit.
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Overall:
This is definitely unique, and good, but it wasnt my favorite so far.
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Score:
5
- Our in house critic rates spirits on a scale of 0-10 (10 best) and is aggregated the same as external sources