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Review · · by The Editors
Chacolo Cimarron
Standard-proof cimarrón at 50%, a Jalisco vocabulary agave from a specialty producer
Score: 3.5/5 agaves
- Producer: Chacolo
- Maestro: Macario Partida
- Region: Zapotitlan de Vadillo, Jalisco
- Agave: Cimarrón
- ABV: 50%
- Price: $70 ($)
Verdict
Chacolo's thesis is that Jalisco's heirloom agaves deserve single-variety attention, and cimarrón at 50% pays it off – wild-grown Jalisco profile delivered cleanly, with none of the ensamble-blur most producers use to smooth rough agaves into market. Track Chacolo as a category-vocabulary project; buy the cimarrón alongside their ixtero amarillo for the Jalisco flight.
Cimarrón is a Jalisco vocabulary word
Tasting notes
Nose: Warm earth, pine, wildflower
Palate: Structured, cimarrón's specific register holds throughout. Chacolo is one of the few producers bottling Jalisco's heirloom agaves single-variety; cimarrón's wild-grown profile produces a bottle that reads drier and more mineral than the state's commercial blanco tequilas, with a specific northern signature worth learning
Finish: Cooling, with a slow pine fade. Very long
The bottom line
Drink for the category lesson
Where to buy online
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