Mezcalosfera Espadin - Don Santos

Item: Mezcalosfera Espadin - Don Santos
Rating: 4.5
Author: The Editors

Don Santos's solo espadín at 50% – espadín as wild agave

Score: 4.5/5 agaves

Producer: Mezcalosfera de Mezcaloteca
Region: Miahuatlán, Oaxaca
Agave: Espadin
ABV: 50%
Price: $150 ($$)

Verdict

The Mezcalosfera catalog treats espadín with the same seriousness it treats tobalá, and Don Santos's solo bottle is a showcase – at 50% the agave carries the weight of a wild-category release, and the single-maestro format ensures the bottle has a point of view. Pour it alongside Memorable Espadín for a reference-espadín flight.

Espadín at 50% under a named maestro is espadín most drinkers have never actually tasted

Tasting notes

Nose: Ripe pear with wet stone, a clean smoke

Palate: 50% with espadín presented the way most wild agaves are – structured, weighted, mineral, a proof that turns the commonest agave into an uncommon bottle

Finish: Peppery, limestone. Very long

The bottom line

Worth tracking. Reference espadín