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Review · · by The Editors
Mal Bien Espadin - Ramos
Ramos espadín – fine, but the Cortés bottle outruns it
Score: 3.5/5 agaves
- Producer: Mal Bien
- Maestro: Emanuel Ramos, Victor Ramos
- Region: Miahuatlán, Oaxaca
- Agave: Espadin
- ABV: 48%
- Price: $55 ($)
Verdict
Emanuel and Victor Ramos are exceptional hands on wild agave (see their tobalá and arroqueño), and their espadín is a functional side-release that doesn't put as much of them on the shelf as those other bottles do. Buy the Cortés espadín for daily drinking and the Ramos wild-agave bottles for occasion. This middle-ground bottle is fine, not essential.
A very good espadín in a catalog with better
Tasting notes
Nose: Cooked agave, then green herb, faint mineral, quiet smoke
Palate: 48% of competent refrescador espadín that delivers Mal Bien's usual standard without pushing past it, clean structure, pleasant aromatics, no particular conviction
Finish: Medium-long, clean, dry
The bottom line
A competent espadín. The Ramos wild bottles are where to spend