Puntiagudo Espina Negra

Verdict

Espina negra sits at the edges of karwinskii taxonomy, some producers call it its own plant, some call it a cuishe variant. Rolando Angeles bottles it single-maguey so the drinker can make the call. This is the kind of bottle Puntiagudo exists to release. Track it as a karwinskii completism piece. We'd place it alongside 5 Sentidos' taxonomically-edge releases.

Tasting notes

Nose: Dry herb, wet flint

Palate: Drier than cuishe, greener than tobaziche. Espina negra is a classification edge case in the karwinskii family, and Angeles treats it like it matters. 47.4% gives the plant enough room without pushing it

Finish: Dry, mineral – medium-long

The bottom line

Track it. Karwinskii obsessives only