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Review · · by The Editors
Paquera Espadin with Mango
Mango-pechuga espadín – more fruit liqueur than mezcal statement
Score: 3.0/5 agaves
- Producer: Paquera Mezcal
- Maestro: Luis Enrique Juarez
- Region: San Agustín Amatengo, Oaxaca
- Agave: Espadin
- ABV: 46%
- Price: $150 ($$)
Verdict
Pechuga works best when the additive disciplines the agave; fruit pechugas often do the opposite, sweetening the distillate into a dessert spirit. Paquera's mango version is pleasantly made and legitimately useful as a cocktail base, but it's not a pechuga in the tradition's serious sense. Reach for it for mezcal margaritas, not for study.
A fruit-forward pechuga that drinks closer to a liqueur than a pechuga should
Tasting notes
Nose: Ripe mango, then cooked agave, a faint smoke, tropical top
Palate: 46% with mango carried through, the fruit reads as a dominant sweetener rather than an integrated note
Finish: Sweet, mango-forward, medium
The bottom line
Reach for it for summer cocktails. Skip for pechuga study