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Review · · by The Editors
Mal Bien Puntas de Sierra Negra
60.2% puntas de sierra negra – a serious declaration
Score: 4.5/5 agaves
- Producer: Agave Mixtape, Mal Bien
- Maestro: Victor Ramos
- Region: Miahuatlán, Oaxaca
- Agave: Sierra Negra
- ABV: 60.2%
- Price: $70 ($$)
Verdict
Puntas at 60.2% is the moment the agave either arrives at full volume or collapses into heat. Ramos delivers the former: sierra negra's mineral austerity holds, concentrated rather than burned. This is what Mal Bien's specialty-importer thesis sounds like when the bottle proves the thesis. For drinkers who already know what puntas does.
Puntas is a category for drinkers who know what they want
Tasting notes
Nose: Intense cooked agave, hot stone, citrus peel
Palate: Electric and concentrated, sierra negra's density amplified by puntas-strength proof
Finish: Endless. Warming, mineral
The bottom line
A benchmark-level puntas