NETA Bicuixe - Candido Garcia Cruz

Verdict

Cándido García Cruz's bicuishe is a clean entry into the NETA bicuishe conversation, not the most concentrated karwinskii in the catalog, but legible and well-proofed. Nine reviewers at 3.4 is fair for what's in the bottle; our read matches. Use it as a baseline against Hermógenes' or Celso's bicuixes and you'll hear the maestro-by-maestro differences NETA's whole project is about.

Tasting notes

Nose: Dry citrus peel. Then wet stone, green herb, light floral

Palate: 45% bicuishe from San Luis Amatlán, softer and slightly sweeter than the Miahuatlán bicuixes, still recognizably karwinskii in the drying mid-palate

Finish: Mineral, mildly sweet. Stays medium-long

The bottom line

Buy for calibration; stay for the karwinskii

Where to buy online

We found this bottle at 3 US retailers. Prices and stock vary – click through to check.

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