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Review · · by The Editors
Lamata De Castilla Nuevo León
Nuevo León castilla at 51% – Jorge Torres, a regional variant that runs lean
Score: 3.0/5 agaves
- Producer: Lamata
- Maestro: Jorge Torres
- Region: Santiago, Nuevo León
- Agave: Castilla
- ABV: 51%
- Price: $70 ($)
Verdict
Lamata Castilla Nuevo León is a useful regional marker without being a clear recommendation – the Nuevo León mezcal tradition is young and still defining itself, and this bottle reads more as documentation than argument. Maximino Cruz's Durango castilla from the same brand outworks this. Consensus 3.4; we agree.
Nuevo León mezcal is a category still looking for its voice
Tasting notes
Nose: Desert herb, then dry stone, cooked fiber, a mineral trace
Palate: Lean and iron-tinged at 51%. Torres's Nuevo León castilla is more austere than the Durango americana; the NL terroir gives the bottle a cool-desert character that registers but doesn't command
Finish: Dry-stone, cool close
The bottom line
A pass unless you're building a NL shelf