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Rayo Seco Verde

Verde – a rare regional agave at 51%

Score: 4.0/5 agaves

Rayo Seco Verde bottle
  • Producer: Rayo Seco
  • Maestro: Victor Hugo Terrones
  • Region: Nombre de Dios, Durango
  • Agave: Verde
  • ABV: 51%
  • Price: $120 ($$)

Verdict

Rayo Seco specializes in rare regional magueys and verde is another entry in that mission. At 51% proof the plant has room to show its character. Track it as part of a Rayo Seco flight, the catalog is more coherent than any single bottle. Buy it for the flight, not for the solo.

Verde is the kind of classification Rayo Seco builds a catalog around

Tasting notes

Nose: Green herb, wet stone, cooked agave, a mineral wash

Palate: Structured, green, distinctively wild. Verde agave (likely a karwinskii variant or a regional classification) at 51% reads as committed. Rayo Seco's house style of full-proof, restrained handling serves it

Finish: Green, clean, long

The bottom line

Worth owning as part of a Rayo Seco flight

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