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La Venenosa Amula
Jalisco amula with cimarrón and lineño at 46% – raicilla where raicilla lives
Score: 4.0/5 agaves
- Producer: La Venenosa
- Region: Las Canoas, Jalisco
- Agave: Cimarrón, Lineño
- ABV: 46%
- Price: $40–90 ($$)
Verdict
La Venenosa Amula is the kind of raicilla bottling that makes the category's case – Esteban Morales's brand is the one advocate the raicilla conversation has in the US, and the Amula is the bottle that introduces the argument. 46% is correct proof; the ensamble is the point. The community's 4.0 is the right number here.
Amula is raicilla's quiet argument that Jalisco matters
Tasting notes
Nose: Green herb – then tropical fruit, mineral damp
Palate: Bright and layered at 46%. The cimarrón-lineño ensemble gives La Venenosa's Amula a complexity most raicillas miss, cimarrón's green punch sits over lineño's softer, rounder mid-palate, and the 46% holds both in frame
Finish: Tropical-green, slow stone fade
The bottom line
Correct proof, and the ensamble is the point. This is the raicilla introduction worth making