Reviews / Real Minero Tobala Capon
Review · · by The Editors
Real Minero Tobala Capon
Castrated tobalá at 50% – the plant's energy doubled back into the piña
Score: 4.5/5 agaves
- Producer: Real Minero
- Maestro: Edgar Angeles
- Region: Santa Catarina Minas, Oaxaca
- Agave: Tobala
- ABV: 50%
- Price: $70 ($$)
Verdict
Capón is a pre-harvest technique: cut the quiote before it flowers, and the plant channels its reproductive energy into the piña. Real Minero's tobalá capón at 50% is the textbook result – more honey, more depth, more mid-palate than the standard tobalá can reach. The brand dropped 'mezcal' from its label because of the CRM's ancestral-language fight, and this bottle is part of the argument for why they're right to.
Capón is tobalá with its energy redirected – and you can taste it
Tasting notes
Nose: Honey up front. Orchid, wet limestone, warm clay underneath
Palate: Concentrated and floral, capón treatment driving every sugar into the piña before harvest – the density is the whole argument. Clay pot throughout
Finish: Floral, mineral – very long
The bottom line
Buy the capón over the standard tobalá if both are available
Where to buy online
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