Rezpiral Coyote & Madrecuishe

Verdict

Reyna Sánchez's palenque in San Luis Amatlán runs cooking practices that concentrate the agave before fermentation even starts, and that's why a 45.6% coyote-madrecuishe ensamble reads with the clarity most producers need 50%+ to achieve. Madrecuishe is particularly demanding of proof; she makes it work. One of the Rezpiral bottles that justifies the whole curatorial model.

Tasting notes

Nose: Green celery with wet stone, warm herb

Palate: Structured and mineral at 45.6%, Reyna Sánchez's method concentrating both agaves past what the proof would normally allow. Madrecuishe at 45.6% is usually the ceiling; here it reads legibly because the ferment is tight

Finish: Mineral, dry – long

The bottom line

Buy – female-maestra karwinskii ensamble at reference caliber