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Puntiagudo Tobasiche / Marteño
Tobaziche-marteño – two karwinskii cousins in conversation
Score: 4.5/5 agaves
- Producer: Puntiagudo
- Maestro: Rolando Ángeles
- Region: Santa Catarina Minas, Oaxaca
- Agave: Marteño, Tobaziche
- ABV: 48.4%
- Price: $70 ($$)
Verdict
Two-maguey ensambles within the karwinskii family are uncommon because producers usually pair karwinskii with something outside the family for contrast. Rolando Angeles does the inside-the-family version, and the result is a master class in how closely-related magueys differ. Track it next to Real Minero's karwinskii-on-karwinskii ensamble work.
Two karwinskii cousins, one conversation. Angeles translates
Tasting notes
Nose: Cedar with dry fig, a thin menthol
Palate: Dense, dry, structural. Two karwinskii plants in the same glass, tobaziche's cedar and marteño's mineral cool – and at 48.4% both stay audible. Rolando Angeles composes the karwinskii family like he's known it personally for decades
Finish: Stone, cool. Very long
The bottom line
Worth owning. Karwinskii obsessives will see the point