Reviews / Real Minero Largo, Espadin, Coyota, Becuela, Tobala
Review · · by The Editors
Real Minero Largo, Espadin, Coyota, Becuela, Tobala
Five agaves, hand-milled, clay-pot, 54% – Real Minero without compromise
Score: 4.5/5 agaves
- Producer: Real Minero
- Maestro: Edgar Angeles
- Region: Santa Catarina Minas, Oaxaca
- Agave: Becuela, Coyota, Espadin, Largo, Tobala
- ABV: 54%
- Price: $70 ($$)
Verdict
This is the Real Minero thesis compressed into one bottle. Hand milled, fermented open-air with native yeasts, distilled in small clay pots – every decision is the harder, slower one. At 54% the bottle carries its ambition without straining. There's a short list of producers who can work at this altitude (Lalocura, 5 Sentidos, occasionally Mezcalosfera one-palenque releases); Real Minero is the one everyone else measures against.
Ensamble as architecture, not as assemblage
Tasting notes
Nose: Honeyed stone, wet clay, wildflower, warm earth, a lift of mint
Palate: Dense and layered at 54%, the five magueys arranged so each peaks at a different moment – coyota's stone fruit, becuela's salt, tobalá's floral, largo's spine, espadín's body. Open-air fermentation with natural yeasts, clay pot throughout
Finish: Mineral, persistent – very long
The bottom line
Buy it. This is the Real Minero to build the shelf around
Where to buy online
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