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Exiliado Espadin

Espadín at 46% – Exiliado's standard entry, correctly proofed but without distinguishing character

Score: 3.0/5 agaves

Exiliado Espadin bottle
  • Producer: Exiliado Mezcal
  • Maestro: Artemio Garcia Cruz
  • Region: San Dionisio Ocotepec, Oaxaca
  • Agave: Espadin
  • ABV: 46%
  • Price: $50 ($)

Verdict

Skip the espadín and buy Exiliado's tobaziche or coyote instead – the producer is clearly capable elsewhere in the range, but this is the distribution-tier bottle that subsidizes the more interesting work. A credible espadín, nothing worse and nothing better. The rest of the catalog argues for itself more persuasively. Consensus 3.3 matches the ambition.

A working commercial espadín from a producer who does more with wild agaves

Tasting notes

Nose: Warm stone first with faint smoke, a trace of green apple

Palate: Clean at 46%. Standard commercial espadín, correctly proofed, without distinguishing character – competent from front to back, forgettable from a distance

Finish: Drying, with a slow smoke fade

The bottom line

Fine as a house espadín

Where to buy online

We found this bottle at 3 US retailers. Prices and stock vary – click through to check.

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