Memorable Bicuishe

Item: Memorable Bicuishe
Rating: 4.5
Author: The Editors

Bicuishe – the lean karwinskii – at a clarifying 48.6%

Score: 4.5/5 agaves

Producer: Memorable Mezcal
Maestro: Jose Diaz Bustamante
Region: Miahuatlán, Oaxaca
Agave: Bicuishe
ABV: 48.6%
Price: $60 ($$)

Verdict

José Diaz Bustamante is a maestro who delivers bicuishe with particular clarity, and Memorable presents it at the proof the agave asks for. This is a reference bicuishe in the Real Minero and Mezcalosfera league – dry, architectural, deeply specific to its agave. Buy a bottle and taste it against any other karwinskii you can find.

Karwinskii wants proof and space. This gets both

Tasting notes

Nose: Green herb. Then wet slate, underripe apple, faint brine

Palate: Bicuishe's hallmark dry and mineral profile given real weight by the proof – this is karwinskii as the family is meant to drink, tall and clean and persistent

Finish: Long, bone-dry, slate-tinged

The bottom line

Worth tracking. Reference bicuishe at a fair bracket