Maguey Melate Pechuga de Mezontle

Item: Maguey Melate Pechuga de Mezontle
Rating: 3.5
Author: The Editors

Margarito López Flores – Chichihualco pechuga de mezontle

Score: 3.5/5 agaves

Producer: Maguey Melate
Maestro: Margarito López Flores
Region: Chichihualco, Guerrero
Agave: Cupreata
Price: $70 ($)

Verdict

Honor Margarito López Flores by name. Mezontle is a rare enough base that the pechuga treatment on it becomes a specialty-within-a-specialty – hunt this for the regional specificity. Chichihualco produced a Mexican president (Juan Álvarez, the 11th); Margarito's palenque makes the town matter for different reasons now. Closer to what Mal Bien's rarest Guerrero releases achieve.

Mezontle pechuga – a category corner most have never poured

Tasting notes

Nose: Cooked agave, savory broth, warm spice, faint fruit

Palate: Filipino-still Guerrero pechuga – the mezontle variant is unusual, and Margarito López Flores keeps the agave legible under the pechuga treatment. The proof information isn't available but the body suggests mid-forties

Finish: Warming, quietly savory – long

The bottom line

Rare Guerrero pechuga. Hunt for the corner