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Salvación Tobasiche

Tobaziche at 45 with no mezcalero – the line's weak link

Score: 2.5/5 agaves

Salvación Tobasiche bottle
  • Producer: Salvacion Mezcal
  • Region: Oaxaca
  • Agave: Tobaziche
  • ABV: 45%
  • Price: $65 ($$)

Verdict

A tobaziche at 45% with no named producer and no clear village provenance is a bottle trading on category heat rather than making a case. Consensus 2.5 is accurate. Pass – Sacapalabras or Rezpiral tobaziche are both serious bottles at not much more money.

Karwinskii without commitment is karwinskii without point

Tasting notes

Nose: Faint stone walks in first. Then light cooked agave, muted herb

Palate: 45% is the floor where karwinskii starts to register and Salvacion barely clears it. The agave's structural character is only sketched in

Finish: Short-medium, clean, flat

The bottom line

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