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Riquezas de Oaxaca Madre Cuishe

  • Distiller:

    Enrique Hernandez

  • Bottler:

    Mezcales con Alma de Oaxaca

  • ABV:

    44%

  • Age:

    NA

  • Intro:

    This Madre Cuishe is harvested at 15 years old and distilled twice on copper by Don Enrique Hernandez. Much like the Tobala, this should be an interesting expression as I'm a fan of wild agave. Let's get to it.

  • Nose:

    Pungent fresh grass, basil, pepper, bell pepper and jalapeno. Intense and vegetal, smells like rain is on the way. Lightly smoky.

  • Taste:

    Sweet and creamy - a total 180 from the nose. Cracked pepper, rising bread, some really nice charcoal and minerality. Faint jalapeno pepper on the back palate with some ash. Faint prick of heat.

  • Finish:

    Medium in length, more smoky than sweet here with the vegetal qualities giving way to more ash and pepper.

  • Overall:

    I like this, the change from nose to palate is just bonkers, but the finish was a little pedestrian in comparison. Not a big flaw at all, but I have to give the nod to the Tobala here. This is very good mezcal, for the record, and Im especially fond of that rainwater note on the nose.

  • Score:

    6

  • By t8ke
  • Our in house critic rates spirits on a scale of 0-10 (10 best) and is aggregated the same as external sources
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