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Zignum Reposado

Reposado from a producer that drinks like a committee

Score: 2.0/5 agaves

Zignum Reposado bottle
  • Producer: Zignum Mezcal
  • Region: Tlacolula, Oaxaca
  • Agave: Espadin
  • ABV: 40%
  • Price: $39 ($)

Verdict

Zignum Reposado is the house's default move: soft proof, wood-smoothed, agave optional. Consensus 2.6 is charitable. If you need a wooded mezcal at this price, Yuu Baal Reposado is a better bottle from a more committed producer. Skip the Zignum range across the board unless a bar well forces the issue.

Engineered inoffensiveness is its own kind of offense

Tasting notes

Nose: Vanilla, light oak, cooked agave flattened by sugar

Palate: Sweet and rounded at 40%, the wood and the proof conspiring to erase every edge. Inoffensive, uninteresting

Finish: Sugary, gone. Short

The bottom line

Skip. The category has earned better

Where to buy online

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