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Cinco Sentidos Pechuga Guerrerense

Refugio Calzada's Guerrero-style pechuga – regional ingredients, middling execution

Score: 3.5/5 agaves

Cinco Sentidos Pechuga Guerrerense bottle
  • Producer: 5 Sentidos
  • Maestro: Refugio Calzada Hernandez
  • Region: Chilapa de Álvarez, Guerrero
  • Agave: Cupreata
  • ABV: 47.9%
  • Price: $70 ($)

Verdict

Four consensus reviews at 3.5 aligns with our take. Refugio Calzada Hernandez works in Chilapa and the Guerrerense pechuga concept is worth trying, but this release runs a shade muddier than the best pechugas – the Luis Enrique Juarez mole negro pechuga in the same catalog is a better argument for creative-format pechugas. Compared with that, this feels less disciplined.

Regional pechuga variants are interesting concepts; this one only half-lands

Tasting notes

Nose: Roasted poultry with cooked agave, faint spice

Palate: The Guerrerense pechuga format uses regional fruits and aromatics in place of the more standard Oaxacan set; at 47.9% the result is cleaner than many pechugas but the base liquid feels slightly overwhelmed by the infusion

Finish: Fruit, warm

The bottom line

A pass for the Juarez mole negro pechuga; similar ambition, better execution

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