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Don Amado Tobala & Bicuishe
Tobalá-bicuishe ensamble at 46% – Don Amado's strongest wild-agave pairing and a textbook argument for two-agave ensambles
Score: 4.0/5 agaves
- Producer: Don Amado Mezcal
- Maestro: Bonifacio Arellanes
- Region: Santa Catarina Minas, Oaxaca
- Agave: Bicuishe, Tobala
- ABV: 46%
- Price: $65 ($$)
Verdict
Mid-tier ensambles usually fail here – one agave dominates, the other gets muddled. Don Amado's production is disciplined enough to keep tobalá and bicuishe distinguishable across the palate, which is the test the format fails more often than it passes. Buy it as the strongest argument for Don Amado's mid-tier; the range's flagship bottling lives here, not at the premium edges.
Don Amado's two-agave ensambles are where the range argues hardest for itself
Tasting notes
Nose: Wildflower and green pepper, wet stone, mineral damp, a warm citrus high note that opens as the glass warms
Palate: Aromatic and layered at 46%. The tobalá's floral lift sits on top of the bicuishe's slate-tinged spine – not blended into a homogenous whole but held in balanced tension
Finish: Cooling, drying, with a late-arriving honey note that ties the two agaves back together. Very long
The bottom line
Track it down as a reference two-agave ensamble