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Review · · by The Editors
Siete Misterios Espadin/Mexicanito Ensamble
The copper bottle in a clay-pot house – and it earns the exception
Score: 4.0/5 agaves
- Producer: Siete Misterios Mezcal
- Region: San Dionisio Ocotepec, Oaxaca
- Agave: Espadin, Mexicanito
- ABV: 45%
- Price: $60 ($)
Verdict
Siete Misterios built their reputation on clay-pot bottles, so a copper-distilled ensamble is a tell: the house knows when the still matters and when the blend does. This espadín-mexicanito carries as lifted and peppery where their barro bottles read as dense, same discipline, different register. It belongs on the shelf next to the Doba-Yej, not instead of it.
Siete Misterios in copper – lighter, sharper, still unmistakably them
Tasting notes
Nose: Green apple. Then white pepper, cooked agave, a mineral edge
Palate: 45% is the Siete Misterios signature and the copper still brightens what Mexicanito brings, peppery lift, crisp green fruit, a clean mid-palate without the oily weight their barro bottles carry
Finish: Peppery, clean
The bottom line
The house's copper exception. Worth owning alongside the clay-pot bottles