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Gusto Historico Tepextate de Flor - Victor Ramos
Tepextate de flor – Victor Ramos harvests at flowering, the palate knows
Score: 4.8/5 agaves
- Producer: Gusto Histórico
- Maestro: Victor Ramos
- Region: Miahuatlán, Oaxaca
- Agave: Tepextate
- ABV: 46.8%
- Price: $150 ($$)
Verdict
Tepextate de flor from Victor Ramos is the format's high-water mark. The flowering harvest is rare and expensive; almost nobody bottles it at this level of clarity. Sits above Grulani's and Real Minero's tepextate in aromatic range. Hunt it hard, pay what they ask.
Tepextate de flor from Victor Ramos is the format's high-water mark
Tasting notes
Nose: Tomato leaf with green pepper, dried flowers, cooked agave
Palate: Harvesting tepextate at flower adds a depth the more common pre-flower harvest doesn't reach. 46.8% refrescador carries it, savory, wild, fully aromatic, a long mineral spine
Finish: Herbal, slate-tinged. Stays very long
The bottom line
Track it down. Best tepextate in the report