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NETA Espadin - Celso Garcia Cruz

Celso García Cruz's espadín at 47.2% – Miahuatlán baseline done right

Score: 4.0/5 agaves

NETA Espadin - Celso Garcia Cruz bottle
  • Producer: NETA
  • Maestro: Celso García Cruz
  • Region: Miahuatlán, Oaxaca
  • Agave: Espadin
  • ABV: 47.2%
  • Price: $70 ($)

Verdict

Celso García Cruz's espadín is a clean educational bottle, not the most ambitious thing in the catalog, but the kind of baseline you want to calibrate your palate against. One reviewer at 4.0; we match. If you're learning NETA's maestros, the espadín and bicuishe pair from Celso is a good weekend's study. Better than any commercial espadín you can name.

Celso's espadín is the bottle that turns Banhez drinkers into NETA drinkers

Tasting notes

Nose: Green note over cooked agave, melon, wet stone, light smoke

Palate: 47.2% espadín with Celso's clean sharp mineral hand – Miahuatlán's answer to a serious entry espadín

Finish: Mineral, dry, long

The bottom line

Buy for the baseline. Keep a second on the shelf

Where to buy online

We found this bottle at 2 US retailers. Prices and stock vary – click through to check.

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