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Review · · by The Editors
Leyendas Maguey Jabali
Jabalí at 50.1%, the proof the agave demands
Score: 4.0/5 agaves
- Producer: Leyendas Mezcal
- Maestro: Cosme "Tucho" Hernandez
- Region: San Baltazar Guélavila, Oaxaca
- Agave: Jabali
- ABV: 50.1%
- Price: $70 ($$)
Verdict
Jabalí is one of the two or three agaves where proof isn't negotiable, under 50% the liquid thins to a ghost of itself. Leyendas made the right call here. The bottle reads closest to Lalocura's jabalí in spirit: uncleaned-up, a little feral, obviously difficult to produce. The agave gets its own weather in the glass.
Jabalí the way jabalí needs to be
Tasting notes
Nose: Wild herb, then cracked pepper, dry stone, a flash of pine
Palate: Knotty and difficult in the way jabalí should be. The convallis is famously hard to distill, and Leyendas has clearly spent the yield cost to do it at 50.1% – the liquid shows the savage vegetal character that underproofed jabalí loses
Finish: Peppery, resinous. Stays long
The bottom line
Proof demand met. Buy the jabalí
Where to buy online
We found this bottle at 2 US retailers. Prices and stock vary – click through to check.