Gracias a Dios Arroqueño

Verdict

Gracias a Dios wears a commercial polish that Real Minero or Lalocura would never permit – but the arroqueño is the real thing, dense and honest, priced for drinkers who don't want to remortgage for a wild agave. The 45% proof tips its hand: this is specialty production dressed for the restaurant floor rather than the collector's shelf. Buy it when you want arroqueño without the specialty premium. Consensus 3.7 is fair.

Tasting notes

Nose: Dark fruit, then cooked agave, a trace of smoke, dry earth, faint bay leaf

Palate: Medium-dense at 45% – the arroqueño's weight is present but softened by the proof choice. You get the honey-leather signature in silhouette rather than full structural presence

Finish: Warming, faintly sweet – long

The bottom line

A mid-tier arroqueño. Del Maguey's or El Jolgorio's outperform, for meaningfully more money