Reviews / Viejo Indecente Espadin
Review · · by The Editors
Viejo Indecente Espadin
San Isidro Guishe espadín with the house fingerprint
Score: 3.5/5 agaves
- Producer: Viejo Indecente Mezcal
- Maestro: Jose Lucas
- Region: San Isidro Guishe, Oaxaca
- Agave: Espadin
- ABV: 47%
- Price: $53 ($)
Verdict
Jose Lucas's espadín is the working house pour in the Viejo Indecente catalog, not the most dramatic bottle on the shelf, but a legitimate San Isidro Guishe reference at proof. At 47% the plant has room to move, and the terroir fingerprint is legible. Between this and the Viejo Indecente madrecuishe, the bench argues for itself.
Espadín at 47% from a single maestro is espadín at the right voltage
Tasting notes
Nose: Green note over cooked agave, herbs, wet stone, faint smoke
Palate: With the San Isidro Guishe terroir legible and Jose Lucas's structural hand keeping the back palate honest; clean and mineral at 47%
Finish: Clean, chalky, long
The bottom line
A working espadín with a legible hand