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Review · · by The Editors
Revelador Pechuga
Don Goyo's pechuga at 48% – the bird as seasoning
Score: 4.0/5 agaves
- Producer: Revelador Mezcal
- Maestro: Gregorio “Don Goyo” Martinez Garcia, Rodrigo Martínez Méndez
- Region: San Baltazar Guélavila, Oaxaca
- Agave: Espadin
- ABV: 48%
- Price: $70 ($)
Verdict
Don Goyo's pechuga is more restrained than Real Minero's but shares the same ethic, the bird and fruit serve the base espadín, not the other way around. 48% is the right proof for what the bottle is doing. Banhez's turkey pechuga reads as decoration; this one sits as seasoning. Pick it up if Real Minero's pechuga is unavailable – different register, same discipline.
A pechuga where the bird is punctuation
Tasting notes
Nose: Cooked agave, then stewed fruit, warm broth, faint smoke
Palate: Round and savory, the pechuga treatment integrated rather than announced. Gregorio and Rodrigo Martínez work the format without showboating
Finish: Mushroom-sweet, warming, long
The bottom line
A legitimate pechuga at a working price