Maguey Melate Pechuga - Rodrigo Martinez Mendez

Item: Maguey Melate Pechuga - Rodrigo Martinez Mendez
Rating: 3.5
Author: The Editors

Rodrigo Martínez Méndez – the standing pechuga from San Baltazar Guelavila

Score: 3.5/5 agaves

Producer: Maguey Melate
Maestro: Rodrigo Martínez Méndez
Region: San Baltazar Guélavila, Oaxaca
Agave: Espadin
Price: $70 ($)

Verdict

Honor Rodrigo Martínez Méndez by name. Pair this with his memorial batch in the Melate catalog for the full conversation, the memorial is the peak statement, this is the working discipline. Closer to Real Minero's entry pechuga caliber than typical Melate Club releases. Buy both if you find them; track the Don Goyo lineage.

Rodrigo's working pechuga – the weekday version of the memorial batch

Tasting notes

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

Palate: Espadin pechuga in copper (proof unlisted but body suggests high forties) – Rodrigo Martínez Méndez carries his father Don Goyo's discipline into the pechuga format. The bird adds, doesn't dominate

Finish: Warming, layered, long

The bottom line

The working Rodrigo pechuga. Track the lineage