Gusto Historico Tobaxiche Amarillo

Verdict

Juan García's tobaxiche amarillo is a curiosity more than a cornerstone, it's well made, the refrescador handling is clean, and at 49.6% it reads with real proof, but the varietal itself is softer than its cuishe and madrecuishe cousins, and the bottle suffers a little from the comparison. Track it if you're deep enough in karwinskii to care about the sub-varieties. Otherwise, start with the four-agave Vázquez above.

Tasting notes

Nose: Yellow fruit – then dried grass, wax, faint pepper

Palate: 49.6% refrescador, the tobaxiche sits in the karwinskii family but leans yellower and fruitier than the more common bicuishe, with a slightly softer spine

Finish: Grassy, warm – medium-long

The bottom line

For karwinskii completists