Reviews / Lucero Verde
Review · · by The Editors
Lucero Verde
Highland salmiana from the Navarro brothers, distilled in the SLP campanilla still almost no one ships
Score: 4.0/5 agaves
- Producer: Lucero
- Maestro: Daniel Navarro, Jesus Navarro
- Region: San Luis Potosí
- Agave: Verde
- ABV: 50%
- Price: $175 ($$)
Verdict
San Luis Potosí salmiana barely reaches US shelves, and when it does it is usually sanded down for nervous palates. The Navarro brothers do the opposite, bottling the agave's grassy, almost herbaceous edge whole. If Derrumbes San Luis Potosí was your introduction to the style, buy this to hear the region without the training wheels.
The altiplano in a glass, green and unsoftened
Tasting notes
Nose: Cut grass, green pepper, wet stone, a cool eucalyptus lift, faint white flower
Palate: Lean and high-toned at ~50%. Salmiana's raw vegetal snap up front, then a chalky altiplano minerality that coats everything
Finish: Green, drying, with a long peppery cool
The bottom line
Track it down if SLP agave is a gap on your shelf