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La Tierra de Acre Tobala
Durango tobalá at 45%. Mountain agave in cold high desert
Score: 3.5/5 agaves
- Producer: La Tierra de Acre Mezcal
- Maestro: Honorato Cruz Molina
- Region: Santa Ana, Oaxaca
- Agave: Tobala
- ABV: 45%
- Price: $170 ($$)
Verdict
La Tierra de Acre's tobalá is an interesting regional read rather than a definitive one, the Durango treatment strips some of the sweetness you expect from potatorum and replaces it with desert mineral, which is a distinctive trade. 45% proof limits the density. Consensus 3.8; we rate 3.5.
Durango tobalá is a different conversation than Oaxacan tobalá
Tasting notes
Nose: Floral, then cinnamon, cooked agave, a mineral-desert edge
Palate: Lean and floral at 45%. Cruz Molina's tobalá runs drier than Oaxacan versions, the Durango high desert gives the agave a minerality that lands as a regional signature rather than a flaw
Finish: Floral-river rock, cool close. Medium
The bottom line
Buy for regional curiosity. Banhez for better Oaxacan tobalá