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Botik Lechuguilla

Chihuahua lechuguilla from Dolores Gonzales Torres – a rare northern release and a category-adjacent project

Score: 3.5/5 agaves

Botik Lechuguilla bottle
  • Producer: Botik
  • Maestro: Dolores González Torres
  • Region: Yerbaniz Batopilas, Chihuahua
  • Agave: Shrevei
  • ABV: 46%
  • Price: $40–90 ($$)

Verdict

Gonzales Torres's production is disciplined and the bottle is legible as a specialty-maestra release; the regional vocabulary alone justifies the attention. Lechuguilla sits between mezcal and sotol in category terms – Chihuahua as its own conversation, not a footnote to Oaxaca. A legitimate northern release. Consensus 4.0 is close; we score 3.5.

Lechuguilla distillation is its own project, category-adjacent

Tasting notes

Nose: Dry grass walks in first, then pine, warm earth

Palate: Lean and northern at 46%. Lechuguilla (Agave shrevei and related species) is a Chihuahua category cousin of sotol – the plant isn't technically mezcal agave, and the bottle reads category-adjacent rather than category-central

Finish: Cooling, dry, with a slow herbal fade – long

The bottom line

A vocabulary bottle for northern-agave completists