Reviews / Salvadores Destilado con Elote
Review · · by The Editors
Salvadores Destilado con Elote
Distilled with corn – less gimmick than it sounds
Score: 3.5/5 agaves
- Producer: Salvadores Mezcal
- Maestro: Flavio Pérez Méndez
- Region: Tlacolula, Oaxaca
- Agave: Espadin
- ABV: 50.2%
- Price: $61 ($)
Verdict
Destilado con elote is a category that mostly collapses into novelty; Flavio Pérez Méndez's version earns its place because the proof is 50.2% and the corn is subordinate. Sits next to Siete Misterios's less-common expressions. Consensus 3.8 is fair; we read it at 3.5 because the format itself is a narrow interest.
Corn-distilled mezcal works when the corn is the accent, not the costume
Tasting notes
Nose: Cooked agave, fresh corn, clean smoke, a sweet grain top note
Palate: 50.2% is honest for a flavored distillate; the corn comes through as warm toast rather than novelty, and the espadín base is still legible
Finish: Warm, grain-sweet – long
The bottom line
Buy if "destilado con" is already your rabbit hole
Where to buy online
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