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Review · · by The Editors
Lamata Tepextate
Mixteca Baja tepextate from Pascual Canseco, wild and high-strung
Score: 4.5/5 agaves
- Producer: Lamata
- Maestro: Pascual Canseco
- Region: Oaxaca
- Agave: Tepextate
- ABV: 49%
- Price: $105 ($$)
Verdict
Tepextate takes twenty-five years to mature and punishes any shortcut in the roast, so a clean one is always worth attention. Pascual Canseco's is all nervous energy, the vegetal-floral high notes held in tension with the Mixteca Baja minerality. Hunt it down if Vago or Mal Bien taught you to love the agave; this is the wild end of the same conversation.
Tepextate that refuses to sit still
Tasting notes
Nose: Green bell pepper, crushed herb, citrus blossom, wet slate, a faint resin
Palate: Electric at 49-51%. Tepextate's vegetal-floral charge runs the length of the palate, mineral and bright, never settling
Finish: Long, cooling, green, with a peppery snap
The bottom line
Track it down for the tepextate shelf