Mezonte Michoacan - Emilio Vieyra

Verdict

Pechuga is a format that rewards restraint; Emilio Vieyra's version is restrained. The fruit macerate is present but subordinated to the cupreata, which carries the round, orchard-sweet Michoacán signature straight through. It's the rare pechuga we'd pour for someone trying to understand what the format is supposed to do, closer to Real Minero's pechugas than to the average holiday bottle.

Tasting notes

Nose: Cooked apple, then warm cinnamon, damp moss

Palate: Filipino-still cupreata with pechuga fruit weight at 45-50% – cupreata's orchard register deepened by the pechuga macerate, not disguised by it

Finish: Sweet-savory, slightly peppery, long

The bottom line

A pechuga worth buying to study, not decorate a cart