Cuentacuentos Tepeztate - Alejandrina Aragón Hernandez

Verdict

Alejandrina Aragón Hernandez is one of the producers Cuentacuentos keeps betting on and the bet pays. This tepeztate reads clean and specific – you know what the agave is doing and where it grew. Buy it in place of Del Maguey's Wild Tepextate if you want less brand and more producer. Named hands still make better mezcal than named brands.

Tasting notes

Nose: Green pepper, wet granite, tomato leaf

Palate: Tepeztate wants room and 47% gives it – vegetal and tall, with the marmorata's signature bell-pepper top note framed rather than suppressed

Finish: Herbaceous, dry – long

The bottom line

A tepeztate to remember the maestra's name for

Where to buy online

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