Sanzekan Zacatoro - Cesareo

Item: Sanzekan Zacatoro - Cesareo
Rating: 3.5
Author: The Editors

Zacatoro – the sacatoro agave gets its own bottle

Score: 3.5/5 agaves

Producer: Sanzekan Mezcales
Maestro: Cesareo Garcia
Region: Tecoanapa, Guerrero
Agave: Sacatoro
ABV: 49%
Price: $65 ($)

Verdict

Sacatoro is a Guerrero agave that rarely shows up labeled as itself; Sanzekán's transparency gives Cesareo García's version its own bottle. More rustic than the papalote lots in the same catalog, the hay-forward notes are distinct. Consensus 3.5 stands.

Sacatoro is cupreata's less-famous sibling. Worth meeting

Tasting notes

Nose: Dry hay with faint pepper, cool stone

Palate: 49% gives sacatoro (a cupreata relative) the proof it needs; Cesareo García's bottle carries as a slightly sharper, hayier cousin of papalote

Finish: Cool, dry, long

The bottom line

Buy for agave-identification geeks