Lalocura Tobalá Orejón de la época de las lluvias

Verdict

Orejón means ears, agaves allowed to grow past the commercial harvest window into something older and more concentrated than the category usually bottles. Add rainy-season harvest and clay-still production, and the bottle lands at tobalá's upper bound. Lalocura's agronomy-led releases – extended-cycle harvest, rain-season picks – are unusual in the category. Scarce, specific, the sort of bottle whose story matches what's in the glass.

Tasting notes

Nose: Wildflower – then hot slate, ripe citrus, dry herb

Palate: Electric and floral at 48% – the orejón (older-growth) tobalás are denser and more aromatic than standard tobalás

Finish: Unending. Drying, mineral, cooling

The bottom line

If you see it on a shelf, it won't be there long