Reviews / Admirable Madrecuishe
Review · · by The Editors
Admirable Madrecuishe
Madrecuishe from a producer priced at the accessible end of wild-agave
Score: 3.5/5 agaves
- Producer: Admirable Mezcal
- Maestro: Eleazar Brena
- Region: San Luis Amatlan, Oaxaca
- Agave: Madrecuishe
- ABV: 45.65%
- Price: $58 ($$)
Verdict
Admirable has a reputation for honest-priced wild-agave bottlings and this madrecuishe earns it. At 45.65% the proof sits just above the category's chronic madrecuishe-undersell tier, and Admirable's commercial-specialty sourcing delivers a legitimate karwinskii character at a price that doesn't demand small-import economics. Not at the Vago or Mezcalosfera category-shaping, but an honest mid-tier madrecuishe where most mid-tier versions are apologies. Community consensus aligns. A respectable value madrecuishe.
A value-tier madrecuishe that doesn't skimp
Tasting notes
Nose: Dark honey, then hot slate, warm earth
Palate: Medium-dense at 45.65% – less imposing than the small-import madrecuishes but honest
Finish: Drying, warm. Long
The bottom line
Priced about right madrecuishe