Mitre 3 Magueyes

Verdict

Don Tacho can make serious mezcal, but the Mitre ensamble reads as a commercial composite – jabalí at 45% is underproofed for the agave's notorious difficulty, and tepextate's floral register never fully blooms. The bottle isn't bad; it's negotiated. No consensus data; we come in at that the jabalí's proof is the tell.

Tasting notes

Nose: A green top over cooked agave – fruit, a faint floral lift, light smoke

Palate: 45% ensamble where jabalí needs more proof and tepextate needs more floor – the trio averages out into a mid-palate that rarely lifts

Finish: Clean, faintly herbal – medium

The bottom line

Pass. The Mitre Espadín tells you what's happening upstream