Reviews / Gusto Historico Tequilero
Review · · by The Editors
Gusto Historico Tequilero
Tequilero done as mezcal – the cousin you never meet
Score: 4.0/5 agaves
- Producer: Gusto Histórico
- Maestro: Victor Ramos
- Region: Miahuatlán, Oaxaca
- Agave: Tequilero
- ABV: 51.1%
- Price: $70 ($)
Verdict
Tequilero is a vanishingly rare agave in mezcal catalogs, and Ramos treats it with the same seriousness he brings to his karwinskii work. The 51.1% proof is well-judged, it keeps the agave forward without masking the distiller's clean hand. A category-edge bottle that belongs in any serious shelf next to a real tequila for comparison. Don't confuse with Del Maguey's Chichicapa lineage.
A tequilero that reminds you tequila used to be mezcal
Tasting notes
Nose: Cooked agave – then citrus pith, damp grass, black pepper
Palate: 51.1% – Victor Ramos's refrescador distillation of agave tequilana-adjacent material gives you a bottle that feels like a bilingual conversation, half tequila heritage, half Miahuatlán discipline
Finish: Long, warm, citric
The bottom line
Buy for the rarity and the education
Where to buy online
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