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Guia del Alma Espadin

Nuxaño espadín – Mixteca character at real proof

Score: 3.5/5 agaves

Guia del Alma Espadin bottle
  • Producer: Guia del Alma Mezcal
  • Maestro: Juan Antonio Coronel
  • Region: San Francisco Nuxaño, Oaxaca
  • Agave: Espadin
  • ABV: 44%
  • Price: $55 ($)

Verdict

Mixteca espadín is its own conversation, drier, more mineral, less cooked-sweet than Valles Centrales. Guia del Alma delivers it cleanly; 44% is on the conservative side but the Mixteca register is there. Buy if you collect regional expressions.

Mixteca espadín is its own conversation

Tasting notes

Nose: Green note over cooked agave, herb, light mineral, dry grass

Palate: San Francisco Nuxaño is a Mixteca address worth knowing. Juan Antonio Coronel's espadín reads cleaner and drier than Valles Centrales versions at 44% – a little narrow, but distinctive

Finish: Clean, stone, medium

The bottom line

Buy for regional comparison