Reviews / Del Maguey Iberico
Review · · by The Editors
Del Maguey Iberico
A pechuga made with Ibérico ham – spectacle with less purpose than it sounds
Score: 3.5/5 agaves
- Producer: Del Maguey Mezcal
- Maestro: Florencio Carlos Sarmiento, Florencio Carlos Vasquez, Luis Carlos Vasquez
- Region: Santa Catarina Minas, Oaxaca
- Agave: Espadin
- ABV: 49%
- Price: $70 ($)
Verdict
Ibérico is an expensive proposition that's more fun to talk about than to drink. The spirit is good – it should be, from this palenque, but the famous ingredient mostly adds a salty echo, not a new voice. Real Minero and Lalocura do pechugas that earn the genre more seriously.
Ibérico-washed mezcal is a story that drinks better than it reads
Tasting notes
Nose: Salty cured meat with cooked agave, faint smoke
Palate: Savory and rich at 49%, but the Ibérico reads as a note rather than a defining character – the wild Tobalá/Espadín base is still doing most of the talking
Finish: Warming, a faint cured-meat lingering – long
The bottom line
Pay this much for Del Maguey Pechuga or Real Minero, not for the ham
Where to buy online
We found this bottle at 1 US retailer. Prices and stock vary – click through to check.
- Total Wine – $214.99