Reviews / Wahaka Nanche
Review · · by The Editors
Wahaka Nanche
A vegan pechuga built around a small yellow fruit
Score: 3.5/5 agaves
- Producer: Wahaka Mezcal
- Maestro: Alberto Morales Mendez
- Region: San Dionisio Ocotepec, Oaxaca
- Agave: Espadin
- ABV: 45%
- Price: $70 ($)
Verdict
Nanche is the pechuga format as seasonal curiosity – a small Mexican fruit suspended in the second distillation instead of poultry, and the result is subtler than you'd expect. Wahaka's Alberto Morales Mendez knows how to keep the base espadín audible under the guest ingredient. Don't reach for this over Real Minero's poultry pechugas, but as a vegetarian alternative it earns its shelf slot.
The rare fruit-pechuga that doesn't try to taste like candy
Tasting notes
Nose: Cooked agave, then stone fruit, a faint cherry-pit bitterness, warm smoke
Palate: The nanche adding a gentle tart-sweetness that lands as tamarind with the edges sanded down. Round, not revelatory; medium-weight at 45%
Finish: Faintly fruity, clean – medium
The bottom line
A gentle pechuga for people who want the form without the bird
Where to buy online
We found this bottle at 2 US retailers. Prices and stock vary – click through to check.
- K&L Wines
- Old Town Tequila – $149.99