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Rezpiral Tobala with Frutas

A pechuga de frutas that actually tastes like fruit distilled, not perfumed

Score: 4.5/5 agaves

Rezpiral Tobala with Frutas bottle
  • Producer: Rezpiral
  • Maestro: Aureliano Hernandez
  • Region: San Baltazar Guélavila, Oaxaca
  • Agave: Tobala
  • ABV: 46%
  • Price: $200 ($$)

Verdict

Pechuga de frutas is the format that most often collapses into potpourri, producers lean on fruit when the base isn't interesting. Aureliano Hernández inverts it: the tobalá base is strong enough that the frutas read as garnish rather than disguise. Closer to Real Minero's pechuga logic than to the Banhez-style fruit wash. Hunt this.

Fruit pechugas usually cheat. This one cooks

Tasting notes

Nose: Stewed tropical fruit with a whisper of cinnamon, the tobalá base clearly legible

Palate: 46% is light for pechuga, but Aureliano's fruit-charge reads as layered rather than sweet, tobalá does the lifting, frutas provide the second voice

Finish: Warming, almost jammy without ever tipping into dessert, long

The bottom line

Grab it when you find it if you care about pechuga as a format

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