Reviews / Dixeebe Cuishe
Review · · by The Editors
Dixeebe Cuishe
Cuishe at 48.5% – Valentin Cortes' karwinskii peak
Score: 4.5/5 agaves
- Producer: Dixeebe Mezcal
- Maestro: Valentin Cortes
- Region: Santiago Matatlán, Oaxaca
- Agave: Cuishe
- ABV: 48.5%
- Price: $65 ($$)
Verdict
If you've been searching for a cuishe that delivers the agave without brand interference, Dixeebe is where the search ends. Valentin Cortes at 48.5% is giving the karwinskii exactly what it asks for, proof, air, and no apology. Hunt it alongside the Cuish cuish for a two-maestro comparison; both bottles are teaching. Dixeebe's karwinskii catalog is the category's quiet peak.
Dixeebe's cuishe is what cuishe sounds like when nothing gets in the way
Tasting notes
Nose: Green celery, then wet granite, crushed herb, cool mint
Palate: 48.5% cuishe from Valentin Cortes, the karwinskii's mineral spine comes forward with room, the proof doing real structural work
Finish: Cool, austere, very long
The bottom line
Worth chasing. The cuishe against which other cuishes are judged