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Cinco Sentidos Papalome (Mixteca ed. 4)
Papalome from the Mixteca region – one of the rarest bottles in the catalog
Score: 5.0/5 agaves
- Producer: 5 Sentidos
- Maestro: Atelo Ramirez, Laura Arriaga
- Region: Reyes Metzontla, Puebla
- Agave: Papalome
- ABV: 45.8%
- Price: $145 ($$)
Verdict
The fourth edition of this release continues the project's streak. Papalome is a Mixteca-region agave that most drinkers haven't encountered, the Oaxacan wild-agave conversation is dominated by tobalá, tepextate, and the karwinskii family, and papalome sits outside all of them. At 45.8% and with aged-in-glass time, 5 Sentidos delivers a benchmark expression of a rare category. Consensus 5.0 is accurate. A unicorn bottle. Take it when you see it.
Rare-agave reference work
Tasting notes
Nose: Wildflower. Then hot slate, white pepper, dry herb
Palate: Electric. At 45.8%, papalome's mineral-herbal character presented with 5 Sentidos' signature discipline
Finish: Unending. Floral, cooling, flinty
The bottom line
A unicorn bottle. Take it when you see it