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Puntiagudo Barril

Barril from Onofre Ortiz – karwinskii with a narrow focus

Score: 4.0/5 agaves

Puntiagudo Barril bottle
  • Producer: Puntiagudo
  • Maestro: Onofre Ortiz
  • Region: Miahuatlán, Oaxaca
  • Agave: Barril
  • ABV: 49.3%
  • Price: $70 ($$)

Verdict

Barril is one of the less-celebrated karwinskii variants, tighter, drier, more austere than its famous cousins. Onofre Ortiz doesn't decorate the plant's austerity; he lets it be the point. Track it next to 5 Sentidos' barril work for comparison. A serious shelf bottle for karwinskii obsessives.

Barril is karwinskii's narrowest branch; Ortiz trims nothing

Tasting notes

Nose: Dry grass, green apple, a mineral undertow

Palate: Lean, structural, typical barril, tighter than cuishe, drier than madrecuishe. 49.3% is the right proof for the plant. Ortiz's restraint reads as clarity

Finish: Stony, clean

The bottom line

Buy it. Karwinskii completism bottle

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