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Vecindad Chico Amarillo

Cabo Corrientes amarillo – raicilla with a producer's care

Score: 3.5/5 agaves

Vecindad Chico Amarillo bottle
  • Producer: Vecindad Spirits
  • Region: Cabo Corrientes, Jalisco
  • Agave: Amarillo
  • ABV: 44%
  • Price: $70 ($)

Verdict

Vecindad's single-palenque line is Jalisco's answer to what Vago did in Oaxaca – named producers, named agaves, named towns, and Hildegardo Joya's chico amarillo from Cabo Corrientes is a working example. At 44% the coastal brine note reads clearly, and the Cabo Corrientes terroir is distinct from the inland Jalisco work. We come in at 3.5.

Jalisco amarillo on the coast tastes like its zip code

Tasting notes

Nose: Tropical fruit with green pepper, coastal brine

Palate: With the Jalisco coastal vegetation reading fully and the structure lean; bright and aromatic at 44%

Finish: Long, cooling, faintly salty

The bottom line

Worth tracking. Coastal Jalisco agave with legible terroir

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