Verás Reposado

Verdict

Reposado mezcal is a format that more often fails than succeeds, but Verás's version is the rare one where the wood-agave balance actually works. Pour it against the Tomas Reserva abocado and this is the more honest interpretation of aged mezcal – at 40% it's still proofed to a commodity number, but the integration is better than the category average.

Tasting notes

Nose: Wood with cooked agave, a faint savory undertone

Palate: Round at 40%, with the wood integrated rather than dominant and the Matatlán base reading through – the kind of reposado that earns its shelf space rather than embarrassing it

Finish: Warming, clean – medium

The bottom line

A surprising reposado. Still pour joven first