Reviews / Dixeebe Madrecuishe
Review · · by The Editors
Dixeebe Madrecuishe
52% madrecuishe – the kind of declaration the Dixeebe project tends to make
Score: 4.0/5 agaves
- Producer: Dixeebe Mezcal
- Maestro: Valentin Cortes
- Region: Santiago Matatlán, Oaxaca
- Agave: Madrecuishe
- ABV: 52%
- Price: $70 ($$)
Verdict
Dixeebe's madrecuishe is another argument for paying attention to this under-distributed producer. Valentín Cortés consistently runs proofs appropriate to the agave rather than to the market, which is the specialty-importer bargain rendered in proof choices rather than marketing copy. Consensus 4.0 matches; we'd hold there. The producer's bottles deserve wider distribution than they currently get.
High-proof madrecuishe is the producer's confidence made visible
Tasting notes
Nose: Dark honey. Then hot slate, black pepper, warm earth
Palate: Dense and chewy-textured at 52% – madrecuishe's weight amplified by the proof frame rather than diluted down to commercial accessibility. The karwinskii density reads fully, and Cortés's production discipline keeps the bottle coherent despite the serious proof
Finish: Drying, mineral, with a slow earth fade, very long
The bottom line
Track this producer. Their bottles are getting harder to find