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Review · · by The Editors
Dos Pasiones Tepextate
Tepextate at 45% – Dos Pasiones's flagship, and an instructive mid-tier wild
Score: 4.0/5 agaves
- Producer: Dos Pasiones Mezcal
- Maestro: Diego Martinez Perez Juarez, Epigmenio Martínez Pérez
- Region: Santa Maria Albarradas, Oaxaca
- Agave: Tepextate
- ABV: 45%
- Price: $65 ($$)
Verdict
Proof is a shade under what tepextate's 25-year maturation deserves, but the Martínez Pérez family's production discipline compensates; you get a fully-formed tepextate even at undersold proof. Santa Maria Albarradas village production is consistent with the agave's expectations, the bottle teaches what tepextate is even at 45%. Consensus 4.5 reads enthusiastic; we score 4.0.
A strong mid-tier tepextate that punches above its proof
Tasting notes
Nose: Wildflower. Then wet stone, white pepper, a faint cooling-herb note, dried lavender underneath
Palate: Aromatic at 45%. The tepextate character holds convincingly, aromatic on the nose, mineral mid-palate, drying to the finish with the herbal lift the agave's long agronomy produces
Finish: Cooling, drying, with a slow river rock fade
The bottom line
A solid pick in the mid-tier category