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Maguey Melate Coyote - Victor & Emanuel Ramos
Victor and Emanuel Ramos run coyote through refrescador at 49.4%
Score: 4.5/5 agaves
- Producer: Maguey Melate
- Maestro: Emanuel Ramos, Victor Ramos
- Region: Miahuatlán, Oaxaca
- Agave: Coyote
- ABV: 49.4%
- Price: $65 ($$)
Verdict
The Ramos family makes this in small batches and it shows up in the Mezcalero Club catalog, hunt it. At 49.4% through refrescador the coyote reads with a clarity that puts it next to the best Jolgorio bottlings. Commit; this is reference-grade wild agave at a price that still makes sense. Buy.
Refrescador coyote – the cleanest reading of this agave on the shelf
Tasting notes
Nose: Cold rainwater, wild herb, green apple, dry stone
Palate: Refrescador at 49.4% pulls the coyote's mineral-floral character into high resolution – Victor and Emanuel Ramos make the technique sing. The agave's signature reads cleaner here than in any copper-distilled coyote we've met
Finish: Cold, stone. Stays very long
The bottom line
A reference-grade coyote. Take it