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Puntiagudo Tobala - Onofre Ortiz
Ortiz on tobalá at 52.3% – the proof changes everything
Score: 4.5/5 agaves
- Producer: Puntiagudo
- Maestro: Onofre Ortiz
- Region: Miahuatlán, Oaxaca
- Agave: Tobala
- ABV: 52.3%
- Price: $70 ($$)
Verdict
Compare this to the Joel López tobalá (47.8%) in the same catalog and you hear what proof does to potatorum. Ortiz's 52.3% unlocks the plant in a way that the lower-proof version cannot. We'd put it among the top three tobalás on the US market, with Dixeebe's high-proof espadín work for calibration of what confident proof sounds like. Buy it.
Tobalá above 52% stops being pretty and starts being serious
Tasting notes
Nose: Orange blossom, cooked honey, a wisp of woodsmoke, wet stone
Palate: Powerful, floral, structural. 52.3% gives the tobalá room to show every register, the plant's famous prettiness plus the mineral spine it can reach when the proof allows. Onofre Ortiz in full form
Finish: Floral-to-stone, cooling, very long
The bottom line
Take it. Tobalá at the proof the plant deserves
Where to buy online
We found this bottle at 2 US retailers. Prices and stock vary – click through to check.
- K&L Wines
- Woodland Hills Wine Company – $89.95