Reviews / Mal Bien Puntas de Madrecuixe / Bicuixe / Tepextate / Coyote
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Mal Bien Puntas de Madrecuixe / Bicuixe / Tepextate / Coyote
Puntas strength + four wild agaves + Cortes family. A statement bottle
Score: 4.5/5 agaves
- Producer: Agave Mixtape, Mal Bien
- Maestro: Ageo Cortés
- Region: Miahuatlán, Oaxaca
- Agave: Bicuishe, Coyote, Madrecuishe, Tepextate
- ABV: 56.5%
- Price: $70 ($$)
Verdict
Four wild agaves at puntas strength either collapses into noise or proves the producer can do anything; Cortes does the second one. Madrecuishe, bicuishe, tepextate, and coyote at 56.5% each stay legible, the karwinskii family dialect holds even at still-strength proof, and the coyote doesn't get crowded out the way four-agave ensambles usually crowd out their rarest voice. For high-proof specialists.
Mal Bien's puntas ensambles are category edge-of-envelope work
Tasting notes
Nose: Concentrated dark honey, hot stone, green pepper, wildflower
Palate: Electric, puntas cuts amplify every agave's character without muddling
Finish: Endless. Drying, warming, mineral
The bottom line
For high-proof specialists