Alma Libre Cuishe

Verdict

Alma Libre is the value brand the specialty circle has started quietly passing around, wild-agave quality without narrow-distribution pricing, which is either a market gap closing or a pricing anomaly that won't last. At 45% the cuishe's karwinskii-family register holds without the undersell most mid-tier cuishes commit to. Buy it before the rest of the shelf catches on.

Tasting notes

Nose: Green pepper, wet stone, cooked agave, faint smoke

Palate: Clean and structured, cuishe's signature intact

Finish: Drying, cooling, long

The bottom line

Better than the price suggests cuishe