Reviews / Tesoro Perdido

Review · · by The Editors

Tesoro Perdido

A Total Wine private label bottled in Tequila, Jalisco. Yes, really

Score: 2.0/5 agaves

Tesoro Perdido bottle
  • Producer: Tesoro Perdido, Total Wine Spirits Direct
  • Region: Oaxaca
  • Agave: Espadin
  • ABV: 43%
  • Price: $33 ($)

Verdict

Tesoro Perdido exists because Total Wine wants a cheap mezcal with its own branding, and the bottle was contracted out to a Jalisco bottler in Tequila. None of that is illegal. All of it is telling. The liquid is the liquid – generic Oaxacan espadín bottled for retail price-point, and nothing about it argues for the category. Skip. Vida costs the same and means it.

Mezcal as private-label retail inventory

Tasting notes

Nose: Generic cooked agave with sweet top, faint vanilla

Palate: 43% carries a polished, anonymous espadín – bottled in a tequila-producing town for a retail private label, it tastes exactly like its origin story promises

Finish: Sweet, clean – short

The bottom line

A pass. Buy Vida, Banhez, or any bottle with a palenque behind it

Where to buy online

We found this bottle at 1 US retailer. Prices and stock vary – click through to check.