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Review · · by The Editors
Pescador de Sueños Pechuga
Clay-pot pechuga from a producer who doesn't hurry
Score: 4.5/5 agaves
- Producer: Pescador de Sueños Mezcal
- Maestro: Félix Ángeles Arellanes
- Region: Santa Catarina Minas, Oaxaca
- Agave: Espadin
- ABV: 48%
- Price: $70 ($)
Verdict
Pechuga is the category most easily faked and most easily ruined. Félix Ángeles Arellanes does neither – the gusto histórico method at Santa Catarina Minas is the full, patient version, and the result is a bottle that reads meditative instead of dramatic. We'd put it alongside Real Minero's pechuga and Lalocura's as the three pechugas most worth arguing about. All three make Vago's pechuga work look unfinished.
Pechuga at 48% only works when the liquid has something real to say
Tasting notes
Nose: Stewed fruit, then wood smoke, a quiet savory note – chicken broth held at a distance
Palate: Dense, layered, gently meaty. 48% feels like a choice rather than a ceiling – the pechuga protein comes through as depth, not weight. The Minas clay shows up late as a cool mineral backbone
Finish: Fruit-and-savory, clean – long
The bottom line
A reference-quality Minas pechuga. Hunt it
Where to buy online
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