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Santo de Piedra Mezcal

Isaías Velasco's espadín – low proof, real craft

Score: 3.5/5 agaves

Santo de Piedra Mezcal bottle
  • Producer: Santo de Piedra Mezcal
  • Maestro: Isaías Velasco
  • Region: Yautepec, Oaxaca
  • Agave: Espadin
  • ABV: 40%
  • Price: $55 ($)

Verdict

Santo de Piedra is trying to do the Vida thing, proof-conservative, producer-named, priced for rotation. Isaías Velasco's craft is present within the constraint. Consensus 4.3 is optimistic; we score it 3.5 honestly. Fine bottle, lofty pricing relative to the proof.

A 40% espadín that still has a producer behind it

Tasting notes

Nose: Cooked agave up front. Gentle smoke, citrus, faint herb underneath

Palate: 40% is the cap, and it tells you the bottle is aimed at cocktail use or broad palatability. Within that, Isaías Velasco's espadín reads cleanly and legibly

Finish: Clean, smooth, medium

The bottom line

Buy if the price is right; Vida is still the default