Las Melodías de la Luna Espadin

Item: Las Melodías de la Luna Espadin
Rating: 4.5
Author: The Editors

Espadín at 46% – Rosario Ángeles Vásquez's baseline statement

Score: 4.5/5 agaves

Producer: Las Melodías de la Luna Mezcal
Maestro: Rosario Ángeles Vasquéz
Region: Santa Catarina Minas, Oaxaca
Agave: Espadin
ABV: 46%
Price: $70 ($)

Verdict

Las Melodías de la Luna's espadín from Rosario Ángeles Vásquez is the single best case for why naming the maestra matters – the same agave that appears in hundreds of commercial bottles here reads dense, structural, focused. Lalocura's espadín is the benchmark; this sits in that class. Consensus 4.5; we agree.

Rosario Ángeles's espadín is the agave treated with the respect it rarely gets

Tasting notes

Nose: Warm stone – then cooked agave, a faint floral, mineral damp

Palate: Dense and clean at 46%. This is a maestra's hand on the most common agave, which is its own argument – Vásquez can make espadín drink like a wild agave, and this bottle proves it

Finish: Mineral, warm slow close. Long

The bottom line

Worth chasing. Espadín as a maestra's statement

Where to buy online

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