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Review · · by The Editors
Banhez Jabali
Banhez's jabalí – cooperative work on a tricky agave
Score: 3.5/5 agaves
- Producer: Banhez Mezcal
- Maestro: Jose Espinoza
- Region: Ejutla, Oaxaca
- Agave: Jabali
- ABV: 47%
- Price: $55 ($$)
Verdict
A credible jabalí. Jabalí is the agave that separates producers who can handle difficulty from those who can't, the plant foams in fermentation, plays hard to handle in the still, and punishes shortcuts, and Banhez's cooperative jabalí at 47% clears the category's structural bar without the narrow-distribution markup. Jabalí at cooperative prices is the category's recent value story. Consensus 3.2 is low; we score 3.5. A respectable value jabalí.
Jabalí at cooperative prices is the category's recent value story
Tasting notes
Nose: Hot stone, green pepper, herbal density
Palate: Structured at 47% – jabalí's difficulty handled cleanly
Finish: Drying, mineral, very long
The bottom line
A respectable value jabalí