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Review · · by The Editors
Cómplice Reposado
Reposado espadín that doesn't clear the oak tax
Score: 2.5/5 agaves
- Producer: Cómplice Mezcal
- Maestro: Ignacio Martinez
- Region: San Dionisio Ocotepec, Oaxaca
- Agave: Espadin
- ABV: 43%
- Price: $55 ($)
Verdict
Reposados from small producers rarely justify themselves, the maestros do their best work unadorned, and Ignacio Martinez is no exception. This drinks like a blunted joven dressed in vanilla. Pass in favor of the Cómplice cuishe, which costs a comparable sum and tells you something real about Oaxaca. Oak is a tool; this deploys it as a cover.
Oak should accompany the spirit, not replace it
Tasting notes
Nose: Oak, vanilla, faint cooked agave
Palate: The wood arrives before the agave and doesn't leave, at 43% the espadín can't push back against the barrel's sweetening
Finish: Woody, clean, medium
The bottom line
Skip; aging is working against the liquid here