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Review · · by The Editors
Siete Misterios Pechuga
Matatlán pechuga that still tastes like a kitchen
Score: 4.0/5 agaves
- Producer: Siete Misterios Mezcal
- Maestro: Celso Martínez López, Mario Lopez
- Region: Santiago Matatlán, Oaxaca
- Agave: Espadin
- ABV: 47%
- Price: $70 ($)
Verdict
Fewer than 500 liters a year of Siete Misterios Pechuga get made, and every one tastes like Celso Martínez López and Mario López actually cooked the fruit and the bird. This is what the category should feel like, transformative, spiced, warm – and what too many label-pechugas fail to deliver. A reference-grade commercial pechuga at the price.
Pechuga done as a technique, not a marketing term
Tasting notes
Nose: Cooked fruit, then cinnamon, a warm poultry savor, wood smoke
Palate: 47% carries a genuine pechuga architecture, spiced fruit up top, a savory undertow from the poultry distillate, the espadín base holding everything without disappearing
Finish: Warming, faintly spiced. Long
The bottom line
The pechuga to pour when someone asks what the format is for
Where to buy online
We found this bottle at 3 US retailers. Prices and stock vary – click through to check.
- Caskers – $249.99
- Oak and Barrel
- Hi-Time Wine