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Gusto Historico Puntas de Espadin de Milpa, Bicuixe y Naranja

Puntas at 67.8% with orange – Juarez pushing harder

Score: 4.5/5 agaves

Gusto Historico Puntas de Espadin de Milpa, Bicuixe y Naranja bottle
  • Producer: Gusto Histórico
  • Maestro: Ignacio Juarez
  • Region: Miahuatlán, Oaxaca
  • Agave: Bicuishe, Espadin
  • ABV: 67.8%
  • Price: $170 ($$)

Verdict

Puntas at 67.8% is not a spirit for beginners, and Juarez knows it. The orange reads more decorative than the lime on his other puntas; at this proof everything is structural by necessity. Hunt it if you like puntas; start with the lime version if this is your first.

Puntas at 67.8% is not a spirit for beginners, and Juarez knows it

Tasting notes

Nose: Orange peel, cooked agave, wet stone, high alcohol lift

Palate: 67.8% is an extreme proof even by puntas standards; the orange abocado integrates cleanly, the bicuishe-espadín frame has nowhere to hide. Dense, savory, vivid

Finish: Citric, warming. Very long

The bottom line

Hunt it for puntas specialists

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