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Firme Ensamble de 6
Six-agave ensamble at 45% – ambition at the wrong proof, and a category math problem
Score: 3.0/5 agaves
- Producer: Firme Mezcal
- Maestro: Jorge Aaron Mendez Cortes
- Region: Santiago Matatlán, Oaxaca
- Agave: Barril, Coyote, Cuishe, Espadin, Mexicano, Tobala
- ABV: 45%
- Price: $65 ($$)
Verdict
Pour this in a flight, not by itself, a six-agave ensamble at this proof is a legitimate experiment that overreaches its own architecture, and most of the contributing agaves get flattened into a generic wild-register blur. A few clear notes survive, which is the whole interest. No consensus; our 3 reflects a curiosity bottle that argues more for the concept than the result.
Six-agave ensambles at 45% are category math that doesn't work
Tasting notes
Nose: Cooked agave, dark honey, wildflower, mineral damp, a faint dried-herb undertone
Palate: Six agaves (barril, coyote, cuishe, espadín, mexicano, tobalá) split the frame too thinly for any single one to hold the foreground; medium at 45%
Finish: Drying, with a slow herbal fade. Stays medium-long
The bottom line
For tasting flights, not standalone sipping