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Cuish Fieles Difuntos
Day of the Dead ensamble – espadín and jabalí, from the Monterrosas
Score: 4.5/5 agaves
- Producer: Cuish Mezcales
- Maestro: Familia Monterrosa
- Region: Santiago Matatlán, Oaxaca
- Agave: Espadin, Jabali
- ABV: 48%
- Price: $70 ($$)
Verdict
Jabalí is famously difficult to blend – it tends to overwhelm or vanish. The Familia Monterrosa find the narrow passage where it sharpens the espadín without swallowing it. Buy this over any single-varietal jabalí if you want the agave in dialogue rather than spotlight. A seasonal release worth hunting down. Fieles Difuntos earns its title.
An ensamble honoring the dead that drinks like a living thing
Tasting notes
Nose: Hot agave, wild pepper, a lactic snap, cooked stone fruit
Palate: 48% carries the jabalí's strange electric edge into the espadín's broader frame – the Familia Monterrosa compose the blend where other producers collide it
Finish: Warming, slightly savage – very long
The bottom line
Hunt it; ensambles this specific are rare