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Maguey Melate Destilado de Pulque
Morelos pulque distillate at 53.4% – a category most drinkers have never met
Score: 3.5/5 agaves
- Producer: Maguey Melate
- Maestro: Alejo Dávila, Luis Vences
- Region: Huixquilac, Morelos
- ABV: 53.4%
- Price: $60 ($)
Verdict
Destilado de pulque is a rare format and Don Alejo Dávila and Luis Vences treat it with the seriousness it needs, hunt it for the education if nothing else. The liquid reads unlike any mezcal: the fermented honey of pulque concentrated and warmed by proof. Closer to what Derrumbes Morelos releases aim at than any standard agave spirit.
Pulque, distilled – the category you didn't know existed
Tasting notes
Nose: Fermented honey, wet hay, faint yeast, warm earth
Palate: Alejo Dávila and Luis Vences distill pulque into spirit at 53.4% – the result is not mezcal but something adjacent, with pulque's characteristic fermented-honey funk pushed through copper into something drinkable
Finish: Warming, faintly yeasty – long
The bottom line
A category-of-one bottle. Hunt for the experience