Reviews / Gozona San Martinero
Review · · by The Editors
Gozona San Martinero
San Martinero refrescador – karwinskii density at proof
Score: 4.5/5 agaves
- Producer: Gozona
- Maestro: Sergio Juarez Patricio
- Region: San Agustín Amatengo, Oaxaca
- Agave: San Martinero
- ABV: 50%
- Price: $70 ($$)
Verdict
San Martinero from a refrescador still is a different agave altogether, denser, oilier, longer than the copper-distilled versions from Dixeebe or Cuentacuentos. Gozona makes the case that refrescador is the right still for karwinskii, full stop.
San Martinero from a refrescador still is a different agave altogether
Tasting notes
Nose: Wet slate up front. Dry melon, cucumber, yellow flowers underneath
Palate: 50% and refrescador give San Martinero a weight the agave rarely gets, the karwinskii mineral backbone up front, cool vegetal through the mid, a long saline glide
Finish: Mineral, faintly floral, very long
The bottom line
Chase it down. Karwinskii at its densest