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Lalocura Espadin

Lalo Ángeles making espadín the way it ought to be made

Score: 4.5/5 agaves

Lalocura Espadin bottle
  • Producer: Lalocura Mezcal
  • Maestro: Eduardo "Lalo" Angeles
  • Region: Santa Catarina Minas, Oaxaca
  • Agave: Espadin
  • ABV: 49%
  • Price: $70 ($)

Verdict

Lalocura's espadín is what you get when a producer refuses to make the commercial compromises most espadín assumes. The 4.5 consensus matches our score. If you want to know what your bar well is missing, this is the bottle that tells you.

Espadín in the hands of someone who cares – you can taste the difference

Tasting notes

Nose: Rich cooked agave walks in first. Then honey, pepper, hot clay

Palate: Dense, oily, with the clay-still signature setting the texture and 49% ABV carrying the structure

Finish: Warming, saline. Very long

The bottom line

Category-defining espadín at a price that rewards the shelf

Where to buy online

We found this bottle at 1 US retailer. Prices and stock vary – click through to check.

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