Claridad Espadin Capon

Item: Claridad Espadin Capon
Rating: 4.0
Author: The Editors

Onofre Ortiz's capón espadín – Miahuatlán at 48%

Score: 4.0/5 agaves

Producer: Claridad Mezcal
Maestro: Onofre Ortiz
Region: Miahuatlán, Oaxaca
Agave: Espadin
ABV: 48%
Price: $60 ($)

Verdict

Onofre Ortiz is a Miahuatlán maestro applying wild-agave discipline to cultivated espadín, the capón harvest (quiote cut before flowering, sugars concentrated in the piña) delivers espadín that drinks closer to wild-agave caliber than the commercial baseline ever reaches. Buy it to hear what espadín can do when a maestro who knows wild agaves gets hold of it.

Onofre Ortiz is a maestro worth tracking

Tasting notes

Nose: Concentrated cooked agave, then warm stone, green herb

Palate: Rich at 48% – capón harvest amplified by proof

Finish: Drying, mineral, very long

The bottom line

A solid Claridad