Agua del Sol Pelon Verde

Item: Agua del Sol Pelon Verde
Rating: 4.5
Author: The Editors

Pelón verde – a rarely-bottled variety from Yautepec

Score: 4.5/5 agaves

Producer: Agua del Sol
Maestro: Reyna Rodriguez Ramirez
Region: Yautepec, Oaxaca
Agave: Pelón Verde
ABV: 46.5%
Price: $66 ($)

Verdict

One of Agua del Sol's best releases. Pelón verde is a rarely-bottled variety from the Yautepec region; Reyna Rodríguez Ramírez is one of the few maestras producing it for US-market distribution, and her hand at 46.5% delivers the agave's specific character, green-herb, wet-stone, dry-hay – with the kind of discipline single-maestra bottlings demand. Consensus matches. A vocabulary-expanding bottle from a producer whose name is worth remembering.

Rare agave from a rare producer

Tasting notes

Nose: Green herb, wet stone, dry hay, faint floral

Palate: Pelón verde's specific character rendered cleanly by Reyna Rodríguez Ramírez; lean and mineral at 46.5%

Finish: Cooling, drying. Very long

The bottom line

A vocabulary-expanding bottle