Reviews / Real Minero Sierrudo, Largo, Arroqueño, Cuishe
Review · · by The Editors
Real Minero Sierrudo, Largo, Arroqueño, Cuishe
Four agaves including arroqueño and sierrudo at 52.9% – Real Minero's wide lens
Score: 4.5/5 agaves
- Producer: Real Minero
- Maestro: Edgar Angeles
- Region: Santa Catarina Minas, Oaxaca
- Agave: Arroqueño, Cuishe, Largo, Sierrudo
- ABV: 52.9%
- Price: $70 ($$)
Verdict
Arroqueño wants oxblood on a cover; this bottle earns it. Real Minero brings four agaves – sierrudo, largo, arroqueño, cuishe – to 52.9% and lets arroqueño's density anchor while the three karwinskii-style magueys argue above it. Edgar Ángeles's clay-pot discipline holds the architecture. Better than any ensamble Rey Campero is bottling at this price, and within reach of Lalocura's best.
The ensamble that makes the case for every member
Tasting notes
Nose: Dark honey with green herb, roasted stone, wildflower
Palate: Dense and complex at 52.9%, arroqueño's heft doing the structural work beneath sierrudo's herbal signature and the karwinskii pair's upright spines. Every agave audible
Finish: Mineral, warming – very long
The bottom line
Buy it – this is the four-agave benchmark
Where to buy online
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