Reviews / La Jicarita Tobala
Review · · by The Editors
La Jicarita Tobala
Matatlán tobalá – clean, classic, classically restrained
Score: 3.5/5 agaves
- Producer: La Jicarita Mezcal
- Maestro: Celso Martínez López
- Region: Santiago Matatlán, Oaxaca
- Agave: Tobala
- ABV: 48%
- Price: $65 ($$)
Verdict
La Jicarita's tobalá is the friendlier version of the varietal, less mineral and severe than Miahuatlán tobalás (Juárez at Gusto Histórico, Real Minero), more rounded and crowd-pleasing. Buy as a first tobalá or a tobalá for mixed company; graduate to the Miahuatlán versions when you want the sharper reading. Competent, not transcendent.
A tobalá that trades edge for approachability
Tasting notes
Nose: Honey, wildflower, green melon, mineral water
Palate: 48% – Martínez López's tobalá is cleanly made and proof-respectable, with the Matatlán softness that makes the varietal slightly more accessible than its Miahuatlán counterparts
Finish: Floral, warm – medium-long
The bottom line
A buy as a social-table tobalá; go Miahuatlán for study