Reviews / Sin Gusano Cuishe
Review · · by The Editors
Sin Gusano Cuishe
San Luis Amatlán cuishe, lean karwinskii off the refrescador still
Score: 4.0/5 agaves
- Producer: Sin Gusano Project
- Maestro: Nicolas Garcia Gutierrez
- Region: San Luis Amatlan, Oaxaca
- Agave: Cuishe
- ABV: 48.2%
- Price: $105 ($$)
Verdict
Cuishe is the karwinskii for drinkers who want minerality without the sweetness creeping back, and the mineral-rich Amatlán soil suits it. Nicolás García Gutiérrez keeps it dry and vertical, no rounding off the edges. Buy it next to a Vago cuixe and the village differences come forward; this is the leaner, stonier read of the two.
Karwinskii as a straight mineral line
Tasting notes
Nose: Wet stone, celery, green herb, a saline mineral note, faint citrus
Palate: Dry and vertical at 48.2%. Cuishe's karwinskii minerality runs straight through, green and saline, the Amatlán soil showing as chalk
Finish: Long, mineral, dry
The bottom line
Buy it for the karwinskii shelf