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Review · · by The Editors
Pescador de Sueños Tepextate
Tepextate at 50.24% – Isaias Martinez, undersell nowhere
Score: 4.5/5 agaves
- Producer: Pescador de Sueños Mezcal
- Maestro: Isaias Martinez Juan
- Region: San Juan del Rio, Oaxaca
- Agave: Tepextate
- ABV: 50.24%
- Price: $70 ($$)
Verdict
Most tepextate on US shelves sits at 45-47% because bottlers get nervous. Pescador de Sueños doesn't get nervous. Isaias Martinez bottles at 50.24% and the plant rewards the decision, a marmorata grown twenty-plus years has earned the proof to show its structure. For a tepextate reference point, we'd put it next to Lalocura or Real Minero and call it a fair fight.
Tepextate at 50+ is where the twenty-five-year plant finally speaks
Tasting notes
Nose: Fresh cucumber – then green melon rind, crushed mint, wet stone underneath
Palate: Cool, bright, structural. 50.24% is the proof this plant needs to open, marmorata under 48% tastes closed, and this is the opposite. Vegetal intensity layered over a mineral base
Finish: Long, green, cooling
The bottom line
Tepextate done at real proof. Take it when you see it