Mal Bien Espadin - Antonio Sonido

Verdict

Antonio Sonido's espadín for Mal Bien is the bottle that keeps making category-introduction espadíns look under-worked. Sonido's discipline gives the cultivated agave a mineral density closer to wild-agave caliber, and the Guerrero regional signature – drier, earthier than the Oaxacan default – comes through cleanly at 47%. Consensus 4.3 is a touch low; we push to 4.5. Buy it on sight.

Tasting notes

Nose: Warm stone first, then cooked agave, dry herb, faint citrus

Palate: Dense and mineral at 47% – Sonido's discipline legible throughout

Finish: Unending. Drying, clean, limestone

The bottom line

If you see it, buy it