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Sabelotodo Tobala / Barril
Tobalá-barril – the Sabelotodo karwinskii turn
Score: 4.0/5 agaves
- Producer: Sabelotodo
- Maestro: Felix Cruz Angeles
- Region: Santa Catarina Minas, Oaxaca
- Agave: Barril, Tobala
- ABV: 47%
- Price: $70 ($$)
Verdict
Barril-tobalá is a Real Minero signature pairing, and Félix Cruz's version sits a half-step behind it without apology, same composition logic, slightly less polish, real proof. No consensus score; reading at 4.0. A specialist bottle that earns the category seat.
Barril gives tobalá the spine it needs; Félix Cruz gives both the proof
Tasting notes
Nose: Honeysuckle, then wet wood, saline breeze, faint jasmine
Palate: Barril's saline spine under tobalá's honey body; at 47–52% both register clearly without stepping on each other. Long mid-palate, textured
Finish: Saline-floral, cool, long
The bottom line
Buy if you want the Real Minero vocabulary without the waitlist