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Amormata Masparillo

Felipe Soto on masparillo – a Durango northern mezcal through a Duranguense still

Score: 4.0/5 agaves

Amormata Masparillo bottle
  • Producer: Lamata
  • Maestro: Felipe Soto
  • Region: El Mezquital, Durango
  • Agave: Masparillo
  • ABV: 49%
  • Price: $160 ($$)

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 is an Agave durangensis variant and benefits from Durango's higher elevation and drier climate; at 49% Soto's Duranguense-style filipino still preserves the agave's characteristic herbal-piney register

Finish: Warming, piney

The bottom line

Worth owning. Durango mezcal worth the shelf space

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