Reyes y Cobardes Salmiana

Verdict

San Luis Potosí salmiana is one of the agaves the category is still learning to work with, it's wet, vegetal, funky, and needs 45%+ to keep its character from reading as rough. Reyes y Cobardes bottled it at 41.5% for commercial retail, and the agave's most interesting edges get sanded. Derrumbes San Luis Potosí is the comparison, at higher proof, the same agave reads as revelation.

Tasting notes

Nose: Wet grass, then green herb, a faint funk, cooked agave

Palate: Thin. At 41.5%, salmiana's characteristic wet-green-funky profile present but the proof doesn't support it. José Acosta's fluvisol-grown agave is more distinctive than the bottle allows

Finish: Short, vegetal, dry

The bottom line

Pass. Derrumbes SLP is the salmiana to drink

Where to buy online

We found this bottle at 2 US retailers. Prices and stock vary – click through to check.

• Old Town Tequila
• Woodland Hills Wine Company