Real Minero Carne, Marteño

Verdict

Carne distillation is pechuga's quieter cousin, meat in the still across the whole run rather than hung above it on a cross, producing a more integrated savory register than traditional pechuga manages. Real Minero's rendering on a marteño base is as specific and intentional as everything the Ángeles family ships. The catalog is educational because they bottle work like this.

Tasting notes

Nose: Warm earth, then faint meat, hot slate, cooked agave

Palate: Savory and dense, the marteño carries weight the meat accents

Finish: Unending. Mineral, warm, drying

The bottom line

A Real Minero to track down