Reviews / Revelador Tepeztate
Review · · by The Editors
Revelador Tepeztate
Don Goyo's tepeztate at 47%. Wild-agave florals rendered clean
Score: 4.5/5 agaves
- Producer: Revelador Mezcal
- Maestro: Gregorio “Don Goyo” Martinez Garcia, Rodrigo Martínez Méndez
- Region: San Baltazar Guélavila, Oaxaca
- Agave: Tepextate
- ABV: 47%
- Price: $70 ($$)
Verdict
Tepeztate at under 48% is usually a warning sign – the agave carries so much floral-vegetal density that anything under-proofed reads as blurred. Don Goyo's 47% works because his fermentation and distillation are tight enough that the concentration is already there. Gregorio Martínez García doesn't waste a degree. Reach for this over Koch's tepextate; they're close, but Revelador is the one I'd pour first.
Tepeztate demands the maestro bring it in on time
Tasting notes
Nose: Orchid with green bell pepper, wildflower
Palate: Layered and aromatic, tepeztate's signature high-floral-vegetal arriving in full – 47% is just above the undersell line, and in Don Goyo's hands it works. The concentration is the agave, not the proof
Finish: Very long, floral, mineral
The bottom line
Buy it. Tepeztate this focused isn't common
Where to buy online
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