Reviews / Palenqueros Mexicano - Onofre Ortiz
Review · · by The Editors
Palenqueros Mexicano - Onofre Ortiz
Onofre Ortiz's mexicano – same family, different touch
Score: 3.5/5 agaves
- Producer: Palenqueros
- Maestro: Onofre Ortiz
- Region: Santa Maria La Pila, Oaxaca
- Agave: Mexicano
- ABV: 47.9%
- Price: $70 ($$)
Verdict
Onofre Ortiz is part of the extended Ortiz family whose bottles populate several parts of this batch, and his mexicano is a useful reference for how family style propagates. A shade softer than the house baseline, a shade sweeter, a shade less austere – and legibly related to Alberto Ortiz's espadín in the same label. Reach for it in a named-maestro flight.
Single-maestro bottling is how a lineage shows up in a glass
Tasting notes
Nose: Cooked agave, earth, a darker fruit register, faint smoke
Palate: 47.9% and slightly softer than the house mexicano, with a different sweetness profile – more dried fig, less dark chocolate. Ortiz family lineage is audible
Finish: Warming, quietly sweet. Long
The bottom line
Reach for it in a named-maestro tasting. Skip as a first mexicano
Where to buy online
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