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Arráncame la Vida Arroqueno
A Puebla arroqueño at 45% – Nazario Salas's single-maestra-adjacent work
Score: 4.0/5 agaves
- Producer: Arráncame la Vida Mezcal
- Maestro: Nazario Salas Rosas
- Region: San Miguel Atlapulco, Puebla
- Agave: Arroqueño
- ABV: 45%
- Price: $55 ($$)
Verdict
A strong Puebla arroqueño. Puebla is a mezcal-producing state that the US specialty conversation mostly overlooks – Oaxaca dominates distribution, with Jalisco and Durango getting secondary attention, and Nazario Salas's Puebla arroqueño at 45% demonstrates what the state can do when a producer runs disciplined production. The regional profile is slightly more mineral than Oaxacan arroqueño. The community agrees. A category-broadening bottle.
Puebla mezcal deserves more shelf space
Tasting notes
Nose: Dark honey with warm leather
Palate: Dense. At 45%, Puebla production gives the arroqueño a slightly different mineral profile than Oaxaca's
Finish: Warm, drying, very long
The bottom line
A category-broadening bottle