Maguey Melate Cuixe - Gregorio Martinez Garcia

Verdict

Honor Gregorio 'Don Goyo' Martinez Garcia by name: he was the San Baltazar Guélavila master other mezcaleros cited, and this cuishe is why. The bottle comes through like a patient conversation – no hurry, no padding, every element where it belongs. Hunt the Don Goyo name while his batches still surface; his son Rodrigo carries the line forward.

Tasting notes

Nose: Cold mineral water, green herbs, wet bark, citrus pith

Palate: 45.3% is the frame Don Goyo preferred and the cuishe reads with the quiet authority his batches always carried – San Baltazar Guélavila speaks clearly through this bottle

Finish: Cold, limestone – long

The bottom line

A master's cuishe. Track before the shelf runs out