Maguey Melate Cenizo - Daniela Guzman Avila

Item: Maguey Melate Cenizo - Daniela Guzman Avila
Rating: 4.0
Author: The Editors

Durango cenizo – Daniela Guzman Avila adds patience to heat

Score: 4.0/5 agaves

Producer: Maguey Melate
Maestro: Daniela Guzman Avila
Region: Nombre de Dios, Durango
Agave: Cenizo
ABV: 46.4%
Price: $70 ($$)

Verdict

Durango tends toward the intense end of cenizo; Daniela Guzman Avila pulls her cuts earlier and the bottle drinks accordingly. Closer to what Amaras' Logia line accomplishes than most Durango imports, track it if cenizo has felt like work before. Buy when the Mezcalero Club release surfaces on a shelf.

Durango cenizo you want to sit with, not brace against

Tasting notes

Nose: Hot hay, piney menthol, dark honey, cracked pepper

Palate: 46.4% through a duranguense still gives this cenizo the characteristic herbal sharpness without the bruising some Durango bottles carry. Daniela's hand keeps the vegetal lift in frame

Finish: Warming, distinctly mentholated. Long

The bottom line

The Durango bottle for drinkers who didn't love their first