Maguey Melate Pechuga with Guava

Item: Maguey Melate Pechuga with Guava
Rating: 4.5
Author: The Editors

Sergio Salas – papalometl pechuga with guava, Puebla specialty

Score: 4.5/5 agaves

Producer: Maguey Melate
Maestro: Sergio Salas
Region: San Miguel Atlapulco, Puebla
Agave: Papalometl
ABV: 49%
Price: $70 ($)

Verdict

Honor Sergio Salas by name and commit. Pechuga with fruit usually plays as gimmick; this one sits as composition, the guava amplifies papalometl's inherent tropical register rather than masking it. Closer to what Rey Campero's ensamble pechugas accomplish than any novelty infusion. The Melate Club picked a gem; take it when you see it.

Pechuga with guava – the fruit transforms, doesn't decorate

Tasting notes

Nose: Tropical fruit, cooked agave, warm spice, floral top

Palate: Sergio Salas pairs papalometl with guava in the pechuga and the fruit lifts the wild-honey agave the way the best Oaxacan pechugas lift espadín. The protein deepens without muddying; copper at 49%

Finish: Tropical, warming – very long

The bottom line

Pechuga with guava done as art. Buy