Reviews / Agua del Sol Espadin / Coyote / Cuishe / Barril
Review · · by The Editors
Agua del Sol Espadin / Coyote / Cuishe / Barril
Four-agave ensamble from Berta Vásquez – too many conversations at once
Score: 3.5/5 agaves
- Producer: Agua del Sol
- Maestro: Berta Vasquez
- Region: San Baltazar Chichicapam, Oaxaca
- Agave: Barril, Coyote, Cuishe, Espadin
- ABV: 46%
- Price: $68 ($$)
Verdict
The pattern holds: four-agave ensambles are harder than the bottles suggest. Espadín-coyote-cuishe-barril at 46% asks four different agaves to share one proof spine, and even Berta Vásquez's discipline can't fully unify them – the coyote component especially gets crowded out by the three karwinskii-family members. Berta's single-agave bottles outperform this blend. The community agrees. A useful study bottle on the structural limits of four-agave ensambles.
Four agaves is where ensambles test their limits
Tasting notes
Nose: Dark fruit walks in first. Then green pepper, cooked agave, mineral damp
Palate: Dense at 46% but the four agaves don't resolve cleanly
Finish: Warm, slightly muddled
The bottom line
Berta's single-agave bottles outperform this blend