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El Acabo

El Acabo
Plata Raicilla

Category: Raicilla

Date Tasted:
Country: Mexico
Alcohol: 42%
97 Points
Platinum Medal
Superlative
$59

El Acabo
Plata Raicilla

Category: Raicilla

Date Tasted:
Country: Mexico
Alcohol: 42%
Clear color. Complex, minerally, exotic aromas of sandalwood, wet leather, browning butter, and melted pork fat with a chewy, racy, dry-yet-fruity fat body and a tingling, huge, very long pepper crusted tandoori mango, green papaya-lime-chile, cumin seared cactus, and chocolate-orange-butterscotch finish. A culinary journey in a glass, just keeps getting better with every multi-flavored sip, fruity-dry-fatty-savory all at the same time.

Tasting Info

Spirits Glass Style: Candied, Fruity, Complex, Spicy & Rich
Aroma Aroma: sandalwood, wet leather, browning butter, and melted pork fat
Taste Flavor: pepper crusted tandoori mango, green papaya-lime-chile, cumin seared cactus, and chocolate-orange-butterscotch
Smoothness Smoothness: Tingling
Finish Finish: Normal
Enjoy Enjoy: Enjoy on its own
Bottom Line Bottom Line: A culinary journey in a glass, just keeps getting better with every multi-flavored sip, fruity-dry-fatty-savory all at the same time.

The Producer

PKGD Group

The Producer
1175 Janice St.
Holland, MI 49423
USA

Their Portfolio

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97 El Acabo Plata Raicilla 42% (Mexico) $59.00.
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93 El Ateo Reposado Tequila 40% (Mexico) $56.00.
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88 Palomo Mezcal Artesenal Joven 43% (Mexico) $29.00.
89 Saint Liberty 4 Year Old Bertie’s Cask Strength Straight Bourbon Whiskey 57.5% (USA) $54.00.
93 Saint Liberty Bottle Package 57.5% (USA) $54.00.

Raicilla

Spirits Glass Copita Clear.jpg
Serve in a Copita
Raicilla is a mezcal, which is a spirit from Mexico that can be made from as many as 18 different types of the agave plant, some cultivated and some wild. Most are produced in the Mexican state of Oaxaca. A blanco mezcal is distilled in a copper still (sometimes double distilled) and is not aged in oak, thus preserving a clear appearance.

Mezcal is often confused with tequila, as both are made from agave. But while tequila must be made from one specific blue agave, mezcal can be produced from eighteen different types of agave (maguey). There are two types of mezcal, those made exclusively from maguey and those made from at least 80% maguey mixed with other ingredients. Mezcal has similar aging terms as tequila, such as reposado and añejo, but generally mezcal is more of an artisanal product, so examples of mezcal vary more than tequila.

Most are double-distilled, while some are triple-distilled and then aged for several years in oak barrels. Flavors range from smoked herbs and pepper to tobacco and charred fruits. Serve these on their own, in an adventuresome cocktail, or with a cigar.

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