Reviews / Convite Ensamble Silvestre
Review · · by The Editors
Convite Ensamble Silvestre
Five-agave ensamble – Convite playing the ambitious card
Score: 3.5/5 agaves
- Producer: Convite Mezcal
- Maestro: Cosme "Tucho" Hernandez, Daniel Hernandez
- Region: San Baltazar Guélavila, Oaxaca
- Agave: Lumbre, Madrecuishe, Tepextate, Tobala, Tobaziche
- ABV: 46%
- Price: $70 ($$)
Verdict
Five wild agaves is a producer statement; it's rarely a coherent bottle. Convite's single-agave wilds outperform this ensamble because five voices at 46% don't all get heard – the individual components are legitimate, the sum doesn't quite add. A flight pour, not a bottle to keep around.
Five wild agaves is too many most of the time
Tasting notes
Nose: Green herb, dark honey, hot stone, faint smoke
Palate: Busy at 46% – five agaves negotiating for space, with a few clear notes surviving
Finish: Layered, slightly uneven
The bottom line
Interesting for a tasting flight. Not a destination bottle