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Review · · by The Editors
Tres Tribus Ensamble
A four-agave Nuxaño ensamble that leans on jabalí
Score: 3.5/5 agaves
- Producer: Tres Tribus
- Maestro: Juan Antonio Coronel
- Region: San Francisco Nuxaño, Oaxaca
- Agave: Cimarrón, Espadin, Jabali, Tobala
- ABV: 44%
- Price: $70 ($$)
Verdict
The Tres Tribus ensamble is the bottle to start with from Juan Antonio Coronel, the jabalí component (usually the reason to up-proof) pulls the aromatic top and the tobalá keeps the mid-palate honest. At 44% it reads a tier down from what it could be, but the composition is genuinely interesting and the Nuxaño terroir comes through.
Coronel's ensamble is the pitch for the house
Tasting notes
Nose: Floral, cooked fruit, wet stone, a faint tropical lift
Palate: Medium-weight. At 44%, with the jabalí and tobalá doing most of the aromatic work and the espadín-cimarrón pair providing the structural base
Finish: Floral, mineral
The bottom line
The bottle to start with from the Tres Tribus range