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Review · · by The Editors
Rezpiral Tobasiche
Two mezcaleros, one tobaziche, 50% – a family record
Score: 4.5/5 agaves
- Producer: Rezpiral
- Maestro: Apolonio Ramirez, Simeon Ramirez
- Region: San Agustín Amatengo, Oaxaca
- Agave: Tobaziche
- ABV: 50%
- Price: $70 ($$)
Verdict
Simeón and Apolonio Ramírez sharing a batch is the Rezpiral premise taken seriously – lineage acknowledged, proof held honest, the agave trusted to carry the bottle. This is the tobaziche to pour next to Real Minero's Largo for the karwinskii-family conversation. 4.5 stands.
Tobaziche as architecture, not adornment
Tasting notes
Nose: Wet basalt, lime peel, a thread of wet hay
Palate: Lean and upright at 50%; tobaziche's stony dryness gets room to run. Clean angles, saline mid, almost no fruit – which is the point
Finish: Long, dry, mineral
The bottom line
The pick for any karwinskii side-by-side