Dixeebe Coyote

Verdict

Dixeebe keeps making the case that americana has more chapters than most brands acknowledge, and coyote at 48.7% is one of them. Buy this alongside the Cuish cerrudo from Rufino Felipe Martinez for a two-bottle americana-variant flight – both bottles argue that single-subspecies releases reward the focus. Dixeebe's catalog is the rare-agave map.

Tasting notes

Nose: Cocoa, wet earth, green tobacco, dried fig

Palate: Coyote is an americana variant rarely separated out – Valentin Cortes' 48.7% lets the subspecies' dark-earth character come through distinctly from arroqueño or cerrudo

Finish: Earthy, dry – long

The bottom line

The pick for the americana education Dixeebe keeps delivering