Rey Campero Tobala, Chino, Coyote

Item: Rey Campero Tobala, Chino, Coyote
Rating: 4.0
Author: The Editors

Tobalá, chino, and coyote at 50.4% – Vicente Sánchez Parada at the bench

Score: 4.0/5 agaves

Producer: Rey Campero Mezcal
Maestro: Vicente Sánchez Parada
Region: Candelaria Yegole, Oaxaca
Agave: Chino, Coyote, Tobala
ABV: 50.4%
Price: $70 ($$)

Verdict

Vicente Sánchez Parada at La Candela palenque, pairing three wild agaves at 50.4% and resting the result in glass. Chino is the unusual one here – rarely bottled solo, and its vegetal character helps the tobalá avoid floating. Pick it over Rey Campero's Cuishe-Jabalí; this ensamble resolves where that one doesn't.

Three wild agaves arranged like a chord

Tasting notes

Nose: Honey with cooked agave, wildflower

Palate: Tobalá providing the floral, chino the vegetal spine, coyote the stone-fruit rounding. Aged in glass, all three agaves legible; layered at 50.4%

Finish: Floral, mineral

The bottom line

Buy it – a working wild ensamble with chino doing the interesting work

Where to buy online

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