Pescador de Sueños Marteño

Verdict

Santa Catarina Minas and clay pots do a particular thing to karwinskii – they soften without diluting, add weight without sugar. Félix Ángeles Arellanes is a generational producer, and the marteño shows why his bottles travel under collector attention. For anyone who thinks they know karwinskii from copper stills only, pour this next to a copper-distilled cuishe and watch the category open up. We'd reach for this before Real Minero's marteño on a cool night.

Tasting notes

Nose: Damp clay with green papaya, a mineral coolness underneath

Palate: Viscous, cool, slightly salty. Clay distillation rounds the edges into something almost oily, while 50% keeps the karwinskii nerve visible. A wet-stone note runs from front to back

Finish: Long, cooling, stone-washed

The bottom line

Clay-pot karwinskii at its quiet best. Hunt it