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Mezcalosfera Coyote

Coyote from a second producer – the category's supply catching up with demand

Score: 4.5/5 agaves

Mezcalosfera Coyote bottle
  • Producer: Mezcalosfera de Mezcaloteca
  • Maestro: Margarito Cortés
  • Region: Miahuatlán, Oaxaca
  • Agave: Coyote
  • ABV: 47.94%
  • Price: $70 ($$)

Verdict

The 4.2 consensus is conservative; we'd push this half an agave higher. Margarito Cortés' coyote is a minority-taste take on a rare agave, less flamboyantly floral than the Jolgorio Coyote, more woody and textural, which hits as a producer signature rather than a compromise. If you find it, it's worth the shelf space alongside Jolgorio for the comparative lesson on how different maestros render the same uncommon karwinskii.

Margarito Cortés makes a coyote worth queueing for

Tasting notes

Nose: Lavender, plum, hot stone, black tea

Palate: Remarkably close to the Jolgorio coyote benchmark, less grandiose, more woody. 47.94% lands with precision

Finish: Cooling, mineral. Endless

The bottom line

The other great coyote on the market

Where to buy online

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