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Mezcalosfera Papalote - Don Benigno
Papalote from Don Benigno – one of Mezcalosfera's most talked-about releases
Score: 4.5/5 agaves
- Producer: Mezcalosfera de Mezcaloteca
- Maestro: Benigno Sánchez Gatica
- Region: El Peral, Guerrero
- Agave: Cupreata
- ABV: 47.7%
- Price: $159 ($$)
Verdict
Don Benigno's work is responsible for some of the most exciting Mezcalosfera releases of the last few years. This papalote is one of them – Guerrero rarity rendered with the Cortés family's signature discipline, 47.7% proof earning the structural weight papalote's wildflower-mineral register demands. Small production, hard to find, worth every hour of the hunt. Consensus matches. A category-shaping papalote from a producer whose bottles justify specialty-importer economics.
Papalote is the rarest agave most drinkers haven't heard of
Tasting notes
Nose: Wildflower, hot slate, white pepper, mineral damp
Palate: Electric. At 47.7%, papalote's rare character rendered with Don Benigno's traditional discipline
Finish: Drying, cooling. Unending
The bottom line
Track it down. Papalote this good is scarce