Agua del Sol Arroqueno

Verdict

Arroqueño can run twenty years in the ground, and the good ones taste like it: heavy, earthen, slow. Raul Garcia's Miahuatlán version leans into the dried-fruit weight without going flabby. It sits a half-step below the benchmark Real Minero arroqueño on depth, at a fraction of the hunt. Buy it when you want the agave's gravity without the chase.

Tasting notes

Nose: Dark soil, dried fig, cooked agave, leather, a mineral undertow

Palate: Dense and dry at 48-51%. Arroqueño's age shows as depth, all root and dried fruit, the Miahuatlán mineral spine holding it straight

Finish: Long, earthy, gently tannic

The bottom line

Buy it for weeknight arroqueño