Reviews / Aguerrido Cupreata Puntas
Review · · by The Editors
Aguerrido Cupreata Puntas
Puntas at 65.9% – a technical bottling for specialists
Score: 4.0/5 agaves
- Producer: Aguerrido Mezcal
- Maestro: Antonio Sonido
- Region: Pantitlán, Guerrero
- Agave: Cupreata
- ABV: 65.9%
- Price: $145 ($$)
Verdict
A technically impressive release that sits at the bounds of what most drinkers can calibrate to. Puntas at 65.9% demands the drinker meet the bottle on its own terms – focused, slow, calibrated – and Don Antonio's cupreata puntas is a specialist's drink by design. The concentration reads as ingredient rather than spirit at this proof. Consensus 4.5 feels generous given the drinkability bar; we score 4. For high-proof specialists.
Puntas is a category test. This one sits at the edge of drinkable
Tasting notes
Nose: Intense cooked agave, then hot alcohol, wildflower
Palate: Fierce and concentrated – the cupreata signature survives the proof, which demands focus
Finish: Endless. Warming, mineral
The bottom line
For high-proof specialists