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Review · · by The Editors
Pescador de Sueños Coyote
Coyote agave – a rare species that deserves a more committed bottling than this
Score: 2.5/5 agaves
- Producer: Pescador de Sueños Mezcal
- Maestro: Fernando Mitra
- Region: Sola de Vega, Oaxaca
- Agave: Coyote
- ABV: 51%
- Price: $70 ($$)
Verdict
Coyote is a rarely-bottled Oaxacan agave and bottles like this are why rarity alone isn't a recommendation. The species deserves a producer willing to give it the time and extract it needs; Pescador de Sueños' version comes through like coyote that was rushed to proof. Skip toward the brand's arroqueño, or toward a single-agave project with more patience.
Rare agaves punish half-commitment faster than common ones reward full commitment
Tasting notes
Nose: Green herb, then wet stone, a faint floral, thin cooked agave
Palate: 51% of coyote that reads more vegetal-thin than concentrated – the proof is there but the extract and aging don't match
Finish: Dry, faintly acrid. Medium
The bottom line
Skip. Rare agave at half-commitment is worse than common agave at full