Reviews / NETA Madrecuixe, Bicuixe, Espadin, Tepextate, Cuixe Verde
Review · · by The Editors
NETA Madrecuixe, Bicuixe, Espadin, Tepextate, Cuixe Verde
Five agaves at 46.05% – more is not always more
Score: 3.5/5 agaves
- Producer: NETA
- Region: Miahuatlán, Oaxaca
- Agave: Bicuishe, Cuishe, Espadin, Madrecuishe, Tepextate
- ABV: 46.05%
- Price: $70 ($$)
Verdict
Five agaves in one bottle is a maximalist experiment, and the result is a ensamble where each part barely has room to breathe. Three reviewers at 3.2 is honest; our read leans a hair more generous for the ambition. If you want the NETA catalog's concept of wild-agave ensamble, the three- and four-agave versions from Wilfrido and Ranulfo do it better.
Five agaves is a theory. This bottle tests it
Tasting notes
Nose: Dried flower, wet stone, warm herb, faint fruit
Palate: 46.05% five-agave ensamble – each voice present but crowded. The tepextate and cuishe verde read, but don't dominate
Finish: Layered, slightly flat
The bottom line
Skip in favor of the three-agave versions