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Don Mateo Pechuga - Delia Vargas Vieyra
Delia Vargas Vieyra's cenizo pechuga – Michoacán pechuga at maestra-level discipline
Score: 4.0/5 agaves
- Producer: Don Mateo de la Sierra
- Maestro: Delia Vargas Vieyra, Emilio Vieyra
- Region: San Miguel, Michoacán
- Agave: Cenizo
- ABV: 48%
- Price: $150 ($$)
Verdict
Pechuga translated into Michoacán, not pechuga-with-a-different-address. Vargas Vieyra's production is disciplined, the seasoning controlled, the cenizo base carrying the recipe without blurring the regional distinction. Buy it alongside Del Maguey Pechuga to hear how much regional identity the format can hold when the maestra commits to it. A Michoacán pechuga that earns the regional argument.
Michoacán pechuga is worth tracking as its own category, not a variant of Oaxaca's
Tasting notes
Nose: Warm spice, then cooked agave, faint cured meat, dry herb
Palate: Savory at 48%. The pechuga treatment on a Michoacán cenizo base produces a drier, more mineral pechuga than the Oaxacan norm, which is a useful category lesson in itself
Finish: Warm, savory, with a slow wet slate fade
The bottom line
A respectable specialty Don Mateo that argues for Michoacán pechuga's identity
Where to buy online
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