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Rezpiral Tepeztate, Tobaziche, Espadin, Mexicano, Tobala

Five agaves, one voice – Berta Vásquez's best argument

Score: 5.0/5 agaves

Rezpiral Tepeztate, Tobaziche, Espadin, Mexicano, Tobala bottle
  • Producer: Rezpiral
  • Maestro: Berta Vasquez
  • Region: San Baltazar Chichicapam, Oaxaca
  • Agave: Espadin, Mexicano, Tepextate, Tobala, Tobaziche
  • ABV: 47.2%
  • Price: $70 ($$)

Verdict

Five-agave ensambles usually drink like a committee, everyone talking, nobody listening. Berta Vásquez has the opposite problem solved: this plays as a single articulate bottle with five vocabularies. Hunt it. Rezpiral's whole proposition – single-mezcalero transparency, no blending after the fact, is vindicated in one pour here.

The rare ensamble where you can taste every agave and still hear one voice

Tasting notes

Nose: Wet pine, white pepper, crushed tobalá fruit, a thread of lime peel

Palate: Dense but lifted at 47.2% – tepextate's green-chile heat riding espadín's sweetness, marmorata florals threading through, tobaziche minerality anchoring the back half

Finish: Cool, stony, very long

The bottom line

Don't pass. You don't find this combination distilled by one hand twice

Where to buy online

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