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Vago Elote - Hijos de Aquilino Garcia
Corn pechuga from the Hijos de Aquilino bench
Score: 3.5/5 agaves
- Producer: Vago Mezcal
- Maestro: Mateo Garcia, Temo Garcia
- Region: Candelaria Yegole, Oaxaca
- Agave: Espadin
- ABV: 50%
- Price: $68 ($)
Verdict
The Hijos de Aquilino bench – Mateo and Temo Garcia, carry their father's work forward with bottles like this: an elote pechuga where the corn sits like a field note rather than a gimmick. At 50% the structure holds, and the Candelaria Yegole terroir sits underneath. A working pechuga, if not at the level of Tosba's borrego version.
Elote pechuga is the Oaxacan kitchen translated into a still
Tasting notes
Nose: Warm corn, then cooked agave, toasted masa, a faint savory undertone
Palate: With the elote run giving the espadín base a distinct toasted-corn character that sits as seasoning rather than syrup; round and warm at 50%
Finish: Warming, faintly sweet, long
The bottom line
Track it. Field-translation pechuga at fair proof
Where to buy online
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