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NETA Tobala Capon

Capón tobalá – the rarest harvest technique, by the hand most fit to practice it

Score: 5.0/5 agaves

NETA Tobala Capon bottle
  • Producer: NETA
  • Maestro: Eliazar García Vásquez
  • Region: San Luis Amatlan, Oaxaca
  • Agave: Tobala
  • ABV: 49.8%
  • Price: $40–90 ($$)

Verdict

The 4.8 consensus understates this. Capón tobalá is hard to source, harder to produce correctly, and in this bottle every technical decision lines up. One of the two bottles in this catalog we'd score a full 5 agaves without hesitation.

An outlier even by NETA's standard

Tasting notes

Nose: Honey, then wildflower, wet limestone, white pepper, faint lavender

Palate: Electric. The capón harvest (quiote cut before blooming) concentrates the sugars, and Eliazar García Vásquez renders them without dilution. 49.8% feels inevitable

Finish: Unending. Floral, mineral, cooling

The bottom line

Benchmark-level. If you see it, you buy it

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