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Aguerrido Abocado con Chumilin
Abocado con chumilín – a traditional Guerrero insect-infused expression
Score: 4.5/5 agaves
- Producer: Aguerrido Mezcal
- Maestro: Refugio Calzada Hernandez
- Region: Chilapa de Álvarez, Guerrero
- Agave: Cupreata
- ABV: 48.7%
- Price: $62 ($)
Verdict
Don Refugio Calzada's abocado is Guerrero tradition in a bottle – chumilín (a Guerrero beetle cousin of the bedbug) was distilled into mezcal for centuries before the specialty category existed as a market. At 48.7% the tradition sits as structural instead of decorative; the insect isn't a gimmick note, it's part of the savory arithmetic. Category vocabulary with a real bottle under it.
Insect-distilled mezcal is a centuries-old Guerrero practice, not a gimmick
Tasting notes
Nose: Green herb, warm earth, faint cured-meat undertone
Palate: The chumilín (bedbug relative, yes really) adds a distinctive undertone that's part of the tradition; savory and textured at 48.7%
Finish: Savory, warm – very long
The bottom line
A tradition-forward bottle for drinkers who want context with their glass