Reviews / Cinco Sentidos Pichomel y Papalome
Review · · by The Editors
Cinco Sentidos Pichomel y Papalome
Two Puebla wild agaves, one of the palenque's sharpest blends
Score: 4.5/5 agaves
- Producer: 5 Sentidos
- Maestro: Atelo Ramirez, Laura Arriaga
- Region: Reyes Metzontla, Puebla
- Agave: Papalome, Pichomel
- ABV: 47.3%
- Price: $149 ($)
Verdict
Ramirez and Arriaga have built one of the more coherent Puebla palenques in the category, and this ensamble is probably their sharpest two-agave release. Six consensus reviews at 4.3 is about right or slightly conservative. Compared with any of the 5 Sentidos Valles Centrales ensambles, this is drier, more floral, more Mixteca-specific. Buy the bottle.
A blend where each agave lends the other what it lacks
Tasting notes
Nose: Wildflower, then chalk, ripe pear, faint menthol, cooked agave
Palate: Papalome grounds pichomel's lift; pichomel answers papalome's austerity. At 47.3% the blend is dense without heaviness, and the Puebla mineral signature threads through the mid-palate
Finish: Floral, dry – long
The bottom line
Buy it. One of Puebla's best argumentative ensambles