Lalocura Cuishe-Espadin

Verdict

47.7% is correct. A reasonable middle position between cuishe's mineral austerity and espadín's approachability; the ensamble holds together because the two agaves share enough register to coexist without crowding each other. Less distinctive than either single-agave bottle in the Lalocura range, which is the ensamble format's recurring trade-off – you get versatility, you lose the specific clarity single-agave bottlings deliver. Consensus 3.7 reads fair.

Tasting notes

Nose: Green pepper, then cooked agave sweetness, mineral damp

Palate: Less dense than the single-agave cuishe but more layered – the espadín fills in where cuishe leaves gaps

Finish: Mineral, drying. Long

The bottom line

A sensible ensamble. Not a statement piece