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Amormata Masparillo
Felipe Soto on masparillo – a Durango northern mezcal through a Duranguense still
Score: 4.0/5 agaves
- Producer: Lamata
- Maestro: Felipe Soto
- Region: El Mezquital, Durango
- Agave: Masparillo
- ABV: 49%
- Price: $150+ ($$$$)
Verdict
Ten consensus reviews at 4.1 is earned. Amormata is one of the Durango brands doing real work and masparillo is among the region's more distinctive agaves, drier and more resinous than anything out of Valles Centrales. Compared with an Amaras Logia Durango cenizo, this is similarly regional but with a different aromatic fingerprint. Buy it for the Durango education.
Masparillo is Durango's argument for why Oaxaca isn't the whole story
Tasting notes
Nose: Dry grass, then cooked agave, pine resin, faint mint
Palate: Masparillo, an Agave durangensis variant that benefits from Durango's higher elevation and drier climate, keeps its characteristic herbal-piney register at 49% through Soto's Duranguense-style filipino still
Finish: Warming, piney
The bottom line
Ten reviewers at 4.1, and it's earned. Durango mezcal worth the shelf space