Diaz Brothers Estrella Negra Pechuga

Item: Diaz Brothers Estrella Negra Pechuga
Rating: 3.5
Author: The Editors

Estrella Negra pechuga – a traditional bird-and-fruit basket

Score: 3.5/5 agaves

Producer: Diaz Brothers Agave
Maestro: Carlos Mendez Blas
Region: Santiago Matatlán, Oaxaca
Agave: Espadin
ABV: 46%
Price: $100 ($$)

Verdict

Where the Dark Matter version is experimental, Estrella Negra is traditional, the classic pechuga format at 46% from Carlos Mendez Blas. Buy this as the Diaz Brothers bottle to understand what their house style does with the conventional pechuga assignment. Banhez does pechuga cheaper; this does it with more proof honesty. Traditional but proofed correctly.

Pechuga done traditionally, cleanly, and at the proof where the agave shows

Tasting notes

Nose: Cooked agave with fruit peel

Palate: Carlos Mendez Blas's Matatlán pechuga at 46% with a more traditional basket, cleanly structured, the aromatics arriving without dominance

Finish: Warming, spiced. Long

The bottom line

The traditional Diaz Brothers pechuga, buy for the format lesson