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Cinco Sentidos Mexicanito
Anatolio Ramirez's mexicanito – a San Jose Rio Minas staple that rewards attention
Score: 4.0/5 agaves
- Producer: 5 Sentidos
- Maestro: Anatolio Ramirez
- Region: San Jose Rio Minas, Oaxaca
- Agave: Mexicanito
- ABV: 46.3%
- Price: $132 ($)
Verdict
Ramirez's San Jose Rio Minas palenque has become a trusted bench inside the 5 Sentidos catalog, and this mexicanito is a good representative of the site's style – drier than Valles Centrales, more herbal, with a sharper mineral line. Compared to a NETA mexicano release, this is lighter and more angular. Six consensus reviews at 3.9 is a touch low by our read.
Mexicanito drinks like a conversation between espadín and tobala
Tasting notes
Nose: Dry grass, then cooked agave, green stone, wildflower
Palate: Mexicanito is a smaller variant of mexicano and runs drier; at 46.3% through clay and steel, Ramirez's version is crisper than most mexicano releases, with a distinctive green-herb backbone
Finish: Herbal, clean
The bottom line
Buy it. A reliable single-producer run from a reliable maestro