El Buho Especial Pulquero

Verdict

Pulquero is a category word you won't learn from any other producer easily – El Buho's specialty range is where the producer takes on the vocabulary agaves most houses avoid, rare karwinskii cousins bottled single-variety at honest proof. Buy it for the vocabulary lesson alone; the bottle itself is the secondary reason to pay attention.

Tasting notes

Nose: Warm straw, creamy undertone, mineral damp, a faint dairy note underneath and a trace of dried herb

Palate: Distinctive at 48%. Pulquero agave produces a softer, more lactic character than other wild karwinskii family members – there's a specific creamy-straw register the agave develops that most karwinskii cousins don't produce

Finish: Very long, warm, with a slow milky-herbal fade

The bottom line

Drink for the category lesson