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Del Maguey Las Milpas
San Dionisio Ocotepec espadín – Anastacio Cruz Antonio's hand
Score: 3.5/5 agaves
- Producer: Del Maguey Mezcal
- Maestro: Anastacio Cruz Antonio
- Region: San Dionisio Ocotepec, Oaxaca
- Agave: Espadin
- ABV: 46%
- Price: $70 ($)
Verdict
Las Milpas is the Del Maguey single-village bottle that shows what San Dionisio Ocotepec does to espadín, rounder and softer than Santa Maria, same brand, different village. Buy it as part of a Del Maguey comparative tasting; on its own it's competent but not transcendent. The brand's best pedagogical use is in flights like this.
Village-to-village variation at its most legible
Tasting notes
Nose: Cooked agave with a green banana, soft smoke, wet stone
Palate: 46% espadín under Anastacio Cruz Antonio, the San Dionisio terroir brings a rounder, slightly sweeter profile than the Santa Maria bottles
Finish: Clean, faintly sweet. Medium
The bottom line
For village comparison; less essential alone
Where to buy online
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