Sacapalabras Tobasiche

Item: Sacapalabras Tobasiche
Rating: 4.0
Author: The Editors

Tobaziche at 50% – the agave shown as architecture

Score: 4.0/5 agaves

Producer: Sacapalabras Mezcal
Maestro: Eduardo "Lalo" Angeles
Region: Santa Catarina Minas, Oaxaca
Agave: Tobaziche
ABV: 50%
Price: $65 ($$)

Verdict

Lalo Ángeles's tobaziche is the Sacapalabras bottle for anyone learning karwinskii, the agave at uncompromised proof with a mezcalero who knows the family. Sits a half-step behind Lalocura's own tobaziche lots and comfortably ahead of the commercial tobazicheshelf. No consensus; our read 4.0.

Tobaziche at 50 is tobaziche done as a statement

Tasting notes

Nose: Wet basalt, green herb, saline breeze, faint lime

Palate: 50% lets tobaziche's angular karwinskii character stand without dilution, stony, dry, spiked with herb. No sweetness to coast on

Finish: Dry, cool – long

The bottom line

Buy for karwinskii benchmarking