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Cinco Sentidos Pechuga de Papalote
Papalote base pechuga from Delfino Tobón – where the pechuga format shines
Score: 4.5/5 agaves
- Producer: 5 Sentidos
- Maestro: Delfino Tobón Mejia
- Region: San Pablo Ameyaltepec, Puebla
- Agave: Papalote
- ABV: 46.9%
- Price: $165 ($)
Verdict
Having reviewed Tobón's Pechuga de Azul less favorably, we're struck by how much better this papalote base delivers on the same format, the agave matters, and papalote has the structure to host the intervention. Nine consensus ratings at 4.2 reads about right; we'd nudge up a half-step. Compared to a Real Minero pechuga, more aromatic and fruit-forward; compared to Amaras's pechuga SKU, considerably more serious.
Papalote can carry pechuga; azul can't, and this release proves the point
Tasting notes
Nose: Ripe fruit, roasted poultry, wildflower, cooked agave
Palate: Papalote has enough aromatic weight to stand up to the pechuga process, at 46.9% Tobón threads the needle, the fruit and breast meat integrating rather than colliding
Finish: Warm, fruited. Long
The bottom line
Buy it. The Tobón pechuga to pick up