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Mezcal Vago

Mezcal Vago
Mezcal Espadin Joel Barriga

Category: Blanco Mezcal

Date Tasted:
Country: Mexico
Alcohol: 50.3%
95 Points
Gold Medal
Exceptional
$51

Mezcal Vago
Mezcal Espadin Joel Barriga

Category: Blanco Mezcal

Date Tasted:
Country: Mexico
Alcohol: 50.3%
Clear color. Aromas and flavors of jasmine and elderflower, roasted plantain and gooseberry, smoky Italian leather at the racetrack, and pineapple juice on bacon wrapped dates with a round, lively, dry medium body and a warming, elegant, long finish revealing suggestions of lime salt, peach tea arnold palmer, smoked banana, and smoked white cherries. Leathery and fruity with beautiful floral notes and a pleasant smoke; this Mezcal is a joyride from start to finish.

Tasting Info

Spirits Glass Style: Rich & Full
Aroma Aroma: jasmine and elderflower, roasted plantain and gooseberry, smoky Italian leather at the racetrack, and pineapple juice on bacon wrapped dates
Taste Flavor: Same as aromas with suggestions of lime salt, peach tea arnold palmer, smoked banana, and smoked white cherries
Smoothness Smoothness: Warming
Enjoy Enjoy: in cocktails, neat, on the rocks and with cigars
Cocktail Cocktails: Paloma, Sangrita, Tommy's Margarita
Bottom Line Bottom Line: Leathery and fruity with beautiful floral notes and a pleasant smoke; this Mezcal is a joyride from start to finish.

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.