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Lagrimas de Dolores Masparillo
Masparillo at 47% – Enrique de la Cruz running the wild Durango variant
Score: 4.5/5 agaves
- Producer: Lagrimas de Dolores Mezcal
- Maestro: Enrique de la Cruz
- Region: El Mezquital, Durango
- Agave: Masparillo
- ABV: 47%
- Price: $40–90 ($$)
Verdict
Lagrimas de Dolores Masparillo is a peak Durango wild-agave release – Enrique de la Cruz's cut is clean enough that the agave's structural density is the story rather than the production. The Cora Etnica Tutsi Masparillo from La Venenosa is the ceiling reference. The search is repaid here. The 4.3 consensus matches our read.
Masparillo is Durango's quiet answer to arroqueño. This is the bottle that proves it
Tasting notes
Nose: Dark cooked agave, cedar, tobacco, mineral damp
Palate: Rich and tannic at 47%. Masparillo in Durango is the state's closest parallel to Oaxacan wild-agave density; de la Cruz's production runs it precisely, and the tobacco-cedar signature holds the whole mid-palate
Finish: Tobacco-slate-tinged, slow cool fade
The bottom line
Detour for it. Peak Durango masparillo