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Review · · by The Editors

NETA Tepextate, Coyote, Tobalá, Jabalín, Bicuixe

Primitivo Vásquez's five-agave wild ensamble at 45%. Everything important, in one bottle

Score: 4.5/5 agaves

NETA Tepextate, Coyote, Tobalá, Jabalín, Bicuixe bottle
  • Producer: NETA
  • Maestro: Primitivo Vásquez
  • Region: Miahuatlán, Oaxaca
  • Agave: Bicuishe, Coyote, Jabali, Tepextate, Tobala
  • ABV: 45%
  • Price: $70 ($$)

Verdict

Five-agave ensambles are usually a mess; Primitivo Vásquez's is the exception. Two reviewers at 4.3 is low for what's in the bottle, our read edges higher. Every voice is identifiable, the jabalí doesn't dominate, the tepextate floral stays at the top. If you want one bottle that shows what NETA's ensamble philosophy can accomplish, this is the one.

Primitivo writes five agaves into one sentence

Tasting notes

Nose: Wild orchid, then warm citrus, dry herb, faint musk

Palate: 45% five-agave ensamble, tepextate's floral top, tobalá's mineral clarity, coyote's karwinskii lean, bicuishe's drying spine, jabalí's funk. Dense but legible

Finish: Layered, flinty-floral. Very long

The bottom line

Buy. The five-agave proof of concept

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