Reviews / Rezpiral Tobala - Luis Antonio Santiago
Review · · by The Editors
Rezpiral Tobala - Luis Antonio Santiago
Luis Antonio's tobalá is the one Rezpiral should lead with
Score: 4.5/5 agaves
- Producer: Rezpiral
- Maestro: Luis Antonio Santiago
- Region: San Vicente Coatlán, Oaxaca
- Agave: Tobala
- Price: $70 ($$)
Verdict
Every producer-of-producers has a lineage bottle – the pour you set next to Real Minero or Lalocura to check your bearings. Luis Antonio Santiago's tobalá is Rezpiral's version of that pour. At 4.7 consensus it's slightly overcalled; we read it at 4.5 and happily. If you're picking one wild-agave bottle from the catalog this year, this is the argument for paying.
The Rezpiral bottle that justifies the whole single-mezcalero premise
Tasting notes
Nose: Wildflower honey, then green tea, cold granite, lime zest
Palate: Precise and concentrated – this is tobalá as diamond rather than pearl. Clean sweetness up front, stone and salt underneath, no wobble
Finish: Bright, mineral. Very long
The bottom line
Worth the chase. This is why the brand exists