Reviews / Creyente Azul Cristalino Añejo Ensamble
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Creyente Azul Cristalino Añejo Ensamble
Cristalino-filtered añejo ensamble – category confusion at 40%
Score: 2.0/5 agaves
- Producer: Creyente Mezcal
- Region: Oaxaca
- Agave: Cuishe, Espadin
- ABV: 40%
- Price: $60 ($$)
Verdict
A commercial failure. Cristalino filtration on an añejo ensamble at 40% is the category's worst combination – oak aging stripped of its oak character, producing a spirit that has neither the agave's original signature nor the aged-spirit structure the format should deliver. Every production decision here points toward commercial palatability rather than spirit integrity. No consensus recorded.
Cristalino + añejo on mezcal is the category's worst combination
Tasting notes
Nose: Synthetic vanilla walks in first. Then oak, faint cooked agave
Palate: Sweet and thin at 40% – cristalino strips character
Finish: Sweet – short
The bottom line
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