Reviews / Don Amado Largo
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Don Amado Largo
Largo at 46%. An uncommon karwinskii variant that's worth buying for the vocabulary alone
Score: 3.5/5 agaves
- Producer: Don Amado Mezcal
- Maestro: Bonifacio Arellanes
- Region: Santa Catarina Minas, Oaxaca
- Agave: Largo
- ABV: 46%
- Price: $70 ($$)
Verdict
Largo is the karwinskii cousin you meet last, madrecuishe and bicuishe get the shelves; largo gets a footnote. Don Amado doesn't try to flatter the agave into being something it isn't; the producer bottles largo as largo, which is the whole point. Buy it for the category-vocabulary lesson; chase Del Maguey's or Cuish's largo once you've calibrated on what the variant actually is.
Largo is a category word worth learning, and this is the bottle that teaches it
Tasting notes
Nose: Dark honey, then warm earth, dried herb, faint leather, a trace of stone fruit underneath
Palate: Dense at 46%. Largo is a karwinskii cousin of madrecuishe and bicuishe, similar weight in the mouth, slightly different sweetness profile, and a drier late-palate than its siblings
Finish: Drying, warm, with a residual mineral note that lingers past the swallow
The bottom line
Drink for the category lesson for drinkers building a karwinskii vocabulary
Where to buy online
We found this bottle at 3 US retailers. Prices and stock vary – click through to check.