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Review · · by The Editors
Lagrimas de Dolores Anejo
Durango cenizo añejo at 40%, oak aging + minimum proof, the commercial combination
Score: 2.5/5 agaves
- Producer: Lagrimas de Dolores Mezcal
- Maestro: Fabiola Ávila
- Region: Durango
- Agave: Cenizo
- ABV: 40%
- Price: $70 ($$)
Verdict
Lagrimas de Dolores Añejo is the classic producer-own-release compromised by format – Fabiola Ávila runs one of the best women-led Durango palenques, and her añejo treatment at 40% looks like a distributor decision rather than a palenque one. Buy her Joven or Lamparillo; skip the añejo. Consensus 3.8; we rate 2.5 for the format choice.
Aging a mezcalera's best work into anonymity is a design choice
Tasting notes
Nose: Vanilla. Then oak, caramel, a faint cenizo under the wood
Palate: Soft and oak-sweet at 40%. Fabiola Ávila makes serious mezcal in her joven work; the añejo treatment at 40% erases the mezcalera's actual hand
Finish: Oaky, slow fade, medium
The bottom line
Skip the añejo; buy Ávila's joven work
Where to buy online
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