Reviews / La Cava de los Morales Mezcal
Review · · by The Editors
La Cava de los Morales Mezcal
Total Wine's house mezcal – private-label espadín
Score: 2.5/5 agaves
- Producer: La Cava de los Morales Mezcal, Total Wine Spirits Direct
- Region: Mexico
- Agave: Espadin
- ABV: 43%
- Price: $39 ($)
Verdict
La Cava de los Morales is what happens when a national retailer asks 'what's the cheapest bottle we can put our name on?' The liquid isn't bad – at 43% it's at least above the 40% commercial floor – but there's no producer story, no village, no texture. Skip for any named-producer bottle at the same price, including Banhez, Vida, or Koch Elemental.
Private-label mezcal is the category's retail homework
Tasting notes
Nose: A faint smoke, a thin vanilla top
Palate: 43% – La Cava de los Morales is Total Wine's Spirits Direct private-label mezcal, and it drinks exactly like that: polished, neutral, oriented toward price-point reliability rather than producer personality
Finish: Clean, warm
The bottom line
Skip. Buy a named producer for the same money
Where to buy online
We found this bottle at 1 US retailer. Prices and stock vary – click through to check.