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5 Sentidos Tobaziche - Sergio Juarez
Sergio Juarez's tobaziche through the refrescador – agreeable, not essential
Score: 3.5/5 agaves
- Producer: 5 Sentidos
- Maestro: Luis Enrique Juarez, Sergio Juarez Patricio
- Region: San Agustín Amatengo, Oaxaca
- Agave: Tobaziche
- ABV: 48.8%
- Price: $62 ($$)
Verdict
Eight consensus reviews at 3.6 tracks with where we end up. The Juarez family's refrescador tends to soften agaves that benefit from more aggressive extraction, and tobaziche is on the list. If you want a tobaziche benchmark, the Tio Pedro clay-pot version at 50% delivers more. Compared to a Mezcalosfera or Mal Bien tobaziche, this reads gentler and less specific.
Tobaziche that's tidy rather than thunderous
Tasting notes
Nose: Green stone, then dry herb, cooked agave, faint mineral
Palate: Tobaziche is a karwinskii-family agave capable of real structural presence; at 48.8% through the refrescador this release reads cleaner than the agave's full potential – fine craftsmanship, muted character
Finish: Clean, stone
The bottom line
A pass for the Tio Pedro tobaziche; refrescador undersells this agave