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Review · · by The Editors
Don Lorenzo Mexicano
Mexicano at 45.5% – a respectable wild-agave bottling in Don Lorenzo's disciplined mid-tier
Score: 3.5/5 agaves
- Producer: Don Lorenzo Mezcal
- Maestro: Alvaro Hernandez, Armando Hernandez Lorenzo
- Region: Santiago Matatlán, Oaxaca
- Agave: Mexicano
- ABV: 45.5%
- Price: $150 ($$)
Verdict
Mexicano at 45.5% sits exactly where the agave wants to show – Don Lorenzo's proof choice is category-calibrated rather than commercial-compromised, and the mexicano benefits from the same production consistency the arroqueño and cuishe get. Buy it alongside the Don Lorenzo cuishe for the karwinskii-and-polyanthes flight; the producer's range rewards buying several at once.
A respectable mexicano bottled at proof the agave actually wants
Tasting notes
Nose: Green herb up front. Mineral damp, cooked agave, a faint earthy undertone, dry hay underneath
Palate: Lean at 45.5%. Mexicano's vegetal register holds and legible, the proof lands for the agave, which doesn't need the extra lift that arroqueño or tepextate demand
Finish: Long, cooling, drying, with a slow green-herb fade
The bottom line
Fine as a mexicano reference at the mid-tier
Where to buy online
We found this bottle at 1 US retailer. Prices and stock vary – click through to check.
- Keg N Bottle – $109.99