Maguey Melate Pechuga - Edgar González

Item: Maguey Melate Pechuga - Edgar González
Rating: 3.0
Author: The Editors

Edgar González – San Cristóbal Lachirioag pechuga at 48.4%

Score: 3.0/5 agaves

Producer: Maguey Melate
Maestro: Edgar Gonzalez
Region: San Cristobal Lachirioag, Oaxaca
Agave: Espadin
ABV: 48.4%
Price: $70 ($)

Verdict

Pechuga asks the producer to make the kitchen taste deliberate and this release feels more pro-forma than authored – reach past it for Jose Erubiel's papalometl pechuga in the same catalog. Edgar González is capable, but the pechuga format demands more active cooking than the bottle delivers. A working pechuga, not a revelatory one.

A pechuga where the bird plays like afterthought

Tasting notes

Nose: Cooked agave with warm spice, dried citrus

Palate: Edgar González distills pechuga at a rural palenque and the isolation shows in the rough edges. The protein treatment reads underarticulated; the agave is the stronger voice; copper at 48.4%

Finish: Warming, slightly rough. Stays medium-long

The bottom line

Serviceable pechuga. Other Melate pechugas are the picks