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Review · · by The Editors
Mil Caminos Tobala
Sola de Vega tobalá in clay pot – the brand's only honest bottle
Score: 3.0/5 agaves
- Producer: Mil Caminos Mezcal
- Region: Sola de Vega, Oaxaca
- Agave: Tobala
- ABV: 47%
- Price: $95 ($$)
Verdict
Mil Caminos' espadín is a proof-ceiling project, and its ensamble is muddled – but the Sola de Vega tobalá is legitimate clay-pot work at a legitimate ABV. One reviewer at 3.5, we come in at slightly lower; it's a credible tobalá, not a memorable one, in a category where Banhez Tobalá costs less and drinks just as well. Buy it if you see it cheap.
The espadín tells you the brand's plan; the tobalá tells you there's still a producer in the building
Tasting notes
Nose: Wet stone, then green melon, honeyed pollen, faint smoke
Palate: 47% clay-pot tobalá from Sola de Vega, which is the terroir you want – mineral-floral, lifted, a proper tobalá signature if not a layered one
Finish: Medium-long, iron-tinged, floral
The bottom line
The only Mil Caminos to pick up, and only on sale