Mal Bien Tornillo

Verdict

Tornillo is a name most drinkers won't recognize and a karwinskii variant Ageo Cortés bottles with his usual clean hand. At 47% it lands in proof-fair territory for karwinskii-family agaves, and the cut lets you hear what distinguishes it from its cousins. Buy it for the karwinskii family tree if you've already worked through bicuishe, madrecuishe, and tobaziche.

Tasting notes

Nose: Wet grass walks in first. Then crushed fennel, mineral, quiet floral

Palate: 47% of a rare karwinskii subvariant – Ageo Cortés makes the tornillo read slightly more floral than standard bicuishe or madrecuishe, with the karwinskii family's dry chalky drive underneath

Finish: Long, dry, herbal

The bottom line

A karwinskii deep-cut for completists