Reviews / Marca Negra Espadin
Review · · by The Editors
Marca Negra Espadin
Marca Negra espadín at 50%, the commercial reference
Score: 3.5/5 agaves
- Producer: Marca Negra Mezcal
- Maestro: Abel Nolasco, Basilio Pacheco, Francisco Mendez, Isaias Martinez Juan, Jorge Mendez
- Region: Ejutla, San Juan del Rio, San Luis del Rio, Oaxaca
- Agave: Espadin
- ABV: 50%
- Price: $69 ($)
Verdict
Marca Negra is one of the few widely distributed brands that bottles its core espadín at 50%, and that proof decision is most of the review. Across maestros and villages the character varies, but the floor stays above commercial espadín territory. Buy it when the craft options are unavailable and you still want honest spirit in the glass.
Commercial espadín at real mezcal proof
Tasting notes
Nose: Cooked agave with a green herb, faint smoke, warm pepper
Palate: 50% across a rotating cast of Ejutla and San Luis del Río maestros – the Marca Negra espadín lives at an honest proof most commercial espadines don't touch, and the liquid reads more like craft than category-filler
Finish: Clean, warm – long
The bottom line
A fair commercial espadín at honest proof