Reviews / El Buho Especial Ensamble
Review · · by The Editors
El Buho Especial Ensamble
Four-agave ensamble at 50%, arroqueño, barril, coyote, cuishe in one bottle
Score: 3.5/5 agaves
- Producer: El Buho Mezcal
- Maestro: Octavio Jiménez Monterroza
- Region: Santiago Matatlán, Oaxaca
- Agave: Arroqueño, Barril, Coyote, Cuishe
- ABV: 50%
- Price: $70 ($$)
Verdict
Four-agave ensambles reliably crowd out their rarest voice – El Buho's version is more cohesive than most attempts, but the coyote reads as background rather than soloist. Buy the single-agave El Buhos instead; the specialty-format ensambles demonstrate the category's compositional ceiling more than they deliver drinkers a destination bottle.
Four-agave ensambles are hard, and this one clears the bar without setting it
Tasting notes
Nose: Dark honey up front. Green pepper, mineral damp, warm earth underneath
Palate: Complex at 50%. Four wild agaves in one bottle is a category test: in four-way ensambles, individual agaves usually get crowded out or blurred into each other
Finish: Drying, with a slow honey fade, very long
The bottom line
Quietly solid; the single-agave El Buho bottles outperform
Where to buy online
We found this bottle at 1 US retailer. Prices and stock vary – click through to check.
- Old Town Tequila – $69.99