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Review · · by The Editors

Oaxaca Club Espadin

A duty-free bottle in spirit if not in shelving

Score: 2.0/5 agaves

Oaxaca Club Espadin bottle
  • Producer: Oaxaca Club Mezcal
  • Maestro: Valeriano Monterroza
  • Region: Mitla, Oaxaca
  • Agave: Espadin
  • ABV: 41%
  • Price: $55 ($)

Verdict

Oaxaca Club isn't trying to compete with the producers who have actually earned the state's name. It's a brand built around a name-check, and the liquid obliges the strategy, pleasant, unchallenging, completely anonymous. Skip toward Del Maguey Vida for honest rail espadín, or toward Banhez for actual flavor at the same price.

A bottle that exists for the shelf, not for the glass

Tasting notes

Nose: Faint smoke, vanilla, a trace of rubbing alcohol

Palate: Thin at 41%, sweetened-reading, with the Matatlán character smoothed into anonymity

Finish: Sugary, clean. Short

The bottom line

A skip. Vida and Banhez exist