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Wahaka Espadin Manzanita

Espadín distilled with manzanita – a flavored mezcal that respects the base

Score: 3.5/5 agaves

Wahaka Espadin Manzanita bottle
  • Producer: Wahaka Mezcal
  • Maestro: Alberto Morales Mendez
  • Region: San Dionisio Ocotepec, Oaxaca
  • Agave: Espadin
  • ABV: 45%
  • Price: $70 ($)

Verdict

The Manzanita is the Wahaka bottle that argues the hardest for the producer. Manzanita is a Oaxacan hillside apple with a tart-sweet profile that distills cleanly, and Wahaka keeps the fruit as structure instead of decoration – the hard version of the format to pull off. A flavored bottle that respects the base it's flavoring.

Flavored mezcal that doesn't hide the mezcal

Tasting notes

Nose: Apple, then cooked agave, soft smoke, faint nut

Palate: Cleanly integrated at 45% – the manzanita accents rather than masks the espadín

Finish: Slightly sweet, warm. Long

The bottom line

A reasonable experimental bottle

Where to buy online

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