NETA Tepextate - Gilberto Aquino Garcia

Item: NETA Tepextate - Gilberto Aquino Garcia
Rating: 4.0
Author: The Editors

Gilberto Aquino García's tepextate at ~48% – a serious, slightly softer reading

Score: 4.0/5 agaves

Producer: NETA
Maestro: Gilberto Aquino Garcia
Region: Miahuatlán, Oaxaca
Agave: Tepextate
ABV: 48%
Price: $70 ($$)

Verdict

Gilberto Aquino García's tepextate is a legitimate bottle in a catalog of multiple tepextates, and the value of NETA's project is right here, same agave, same town, different hand, different bottle. Three reviewers at 4.2; we agree. Less floral-forward than Florencio's, greener on the mid-palate. Build the tepextate flight.

Maestro-by-maestro tepextate – NETA at its most useful

Tasting notes

Nose: Wild flower walks in first. Then green pepper, damp stone, faint citrus

Palate: ~48% tepextate where Gilberto's fermentation reads a touch longer than Florencio's, the floral register is present but edged with green pepper

Finish: Floral-herbal, mineral, long

The bottom line

Buy as part of the NETA tepextate flight

Where to buy online

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