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Mezcalosfera Espadin con Cacao

Margarito Cortés distills espadín with cacao – and it works

Score: 4.0/5 agaves

Mezcalosfera Espadin con Cacao bottle
  • Producer: Mezcalosfera de Mezcaloteca
  • Maestro: Margarito Cortés
  • Region: Miahuatlán, Oaxaca
  • Agave: Espadin
  • ABV: 52.34%
  • Price: $70 ($)

Verdict

Mezcalosfera's con cacao release is Margarito Cortés using the pechuga technique on cacao beans, and the result is one of the more successful flavored-distillation experiments in the category, the chocolate is from the distillation, not a macerate, and the difference shows. Pour it for anyone who finds traditional pechuga too rich; hunt it if you like the format pushed.

Cacao-distilled espadín is the pechuga format for people who don't want the bird

Tasting notes

Nose: Dark chocolate with cooked agave

Palate: 52.34% with the cacao integrated into the distillation rather than added after, the chocolate note sits as a deepening of the espadín rather than a flavor layered on top

Finish: Chocolate-deep, mineral. Long

The bottom line

Worth chasing. Flavored-distillation done right

Where to buy online

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