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Hacienda Oponguio Ineaquidens Seco
Seco closes the Ineaquidens flight – dry, mineral, lean
Score: 4.0/5 agaves
- Producer: Hacienda Oponguio Mezcal
- Maestro: Luis Angel Jaramillo Zuñiga, Miguel Angel Jaramillo Hernandez
- Region: Oponguio, Michoacán
- Agave: Inaequidens
- ABV: 46%
- Price: $40–90 ($$)
Verdict
Seco is the third chapter in the Oponguio Ineaquidens conceptual flight and easily the most austere. It's not the pleasure pick; it's the dissection pick. Drink it after Frutal and Herbal and you'll understand ineaquidens from three angles at once. Drink it cold and alone and it can feel a little thin. Buy with the others for the education; skip if you want just one.
The skeleton version of the same agave – only for drinkers who want to see bone
Tasting notes
Nose: Dry hay, flint, cracked pepper, faint cacao
Palate: 46-47% – Seco is the sparsest of the three Ineaquidens readings; the fruit and the herb both pull back, leaving a spare, dry, mineral core
Finish: Dry, chalky. Long
The bottom line
Buy with Frutal and Herbal, not as a standalone