Cinco Sentidos Blanco (Mixteca ed. 4)

Item: Cinco Sentidos Blanco (Mixteca ed. 4)
Rating: 3.5
Author: The Editors

Delfino Tobón's Blanco in the Mixteca ed. 4 cycle – decent structure, modest payoff

Score: 3.5/5 agaves

Producer: 5 Sentidos
Maestro: Delfino Tobón Mejia
Region: San Pablo Ameyaltepec, Puebla
Agave: Blanco
ABV: 47.2%
Price: $70 ($)

Verdict

Four consensus reviews at 3.8 is a shade above our read. Tobón's Puebla palenque does its best work on papalote and pizorra; blanco appears to be a secondary agave here, and the release shows it. Compared with the 5 Sentidos Isaac Cruz blanco at 50.4%, this is noticeably softer and less compelling.

Blanco wants proof more than most; this edition splits the difference

Tasting notes

Nose: Green stone. Then cooked agave, chalk, faint pepper

Palate: At 47.2% the proof is adequate but the blanco agave (unusual for Puebla) plays as less expressive here than it does in the Isaac Cruz version from Oaxaca at 50.4%. Clean work, no specific fireworks

Finish: Mineral, dry – medium-long

The bottom line

Pass. The Isaac Cruz blanco is the pick