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Mezcal Vago

Mezcal Vago
Mezcal Espadin Emigdio Jarquin

Category: Blanco Mezcal

Date Tasted:
Country: Mexico
Alcohol: 50%
92 Points
Gold Medal
Exceptional
$54

Mezcal Vago
Mezcal Espadin Emigdio Jarquin

Category: Blanco Mezcal

Date Tasted:
Country: Mexico
Alcohol: 50%
Clear color. Citrusy, fruity aromas and flavors of dried apricots, cherry, clay, and candied pineapple with a satiny, shy, dryish light-to-medium body and a warming, interesting, medium-length finish with suggestions of fresh cut grass and smoked garden herbs. A wonderful Mezcal that balances smoke, sweet, and fruit.

Tasting Info

Spirits Glass Style: Rich, Smoky & Fruity
Aroma Aroma: dried apricots, cherry, clay,, and candied pineapple
Taste Flavor: Same as aromas with suggestions of fresh cut grass and smoked garden herbs
Smoothness Smoothness: Warming
Finish Finish: Normal
Enjoy Enjoy: neat and on the rocks
Bottom Line Bottom Line: A wonderful Mezcal that balances smoke, sweet, and fruit.

The Producer

Mezcal Vago

The Producer
8950SW 74th Ct.
Miami, FL 33156
USA
1 305-9023336

Blanco Mezcal

Spirits Glass Copita Clear.jpg
Serve in a Copita
Blanco mezcal 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.