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Review · · by The Editors
Lagrimas de Dolores Lamparillo
Durango lamparillo at 47% – Ávila and Roldán collaborating on a wild variant
Score: 4.0/5 agaves
- Producer: Lagrimas de Dolores Mezcal
- Maestro: Fabiola Ávila, Gilberto Roldan
- Region: Durango
- Agave: Lamparillo
- ABV: 47%
- Price: $70 ($)
Verdict
Lagrimas de Dolores Lamparillo is one of the brand's best releases – the Ávila-Roldán pairing brings technical precision, and lamparillo at 47% is exactly the format the wild agave demands. Lamata's Durango lamparillo is directly comparable; the two make a useful head-to-head. Consensus 4.2; we rate 4.0.
Lamparillo is the agave Durango keeps to itself, and it shows why
Tasting notes
Nose: Cooked fiber with mineral damp, a faint resin
Palate: Dense and herbal-limestone at 47%. Lamparillo is a smaller, tougher wild Durango agave; the Ávila-Roldán collaboration brings out the austerity and the concentration without blurring the agave
Finish: Mineral, cool, slow resin close
The bottom line
Buy. Wild Durango agave at correct proof
Where to buy online
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