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Mil Caminos Espadin
Zimatlán espadín at 38%, the proof tells you everything
Score: 2.0/5 agaves
- Producer: Mil Caminos Mezcal
- Region: Zimatlán de Álvarez, Oaxaca
- Agave: Espadin
- ABV: 38%
- Price: $35 ($)
Verdict
There is a version of entry-level espadín that at 40% we'd call serviceable. Mil Caminos chose 38%, and that choice tells you the brief – shelf-placement over character. The liquid isn't offensive, it's absent. Don't buy espadín below 40% unless you already know why; this isn't the reason to find out.
38% ABV is a decision to make the liquid forgettable
Tasting notes
Nose: Muted smoke, sweet cooked agave, vanilla, faint grass
Palate: 38% strips espadín of its backbone and leaves the sweetness – thin, soft, gone-before-you-notice
Finish: Sweet, clean
The bottom line
Skip. The proof is the verdict