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Indio Alonso Tuxca Cimarron / Salmiana

Zapotitlán tuxca – Jalisco's oldest agave argument

Score: 3.5/5 agaves

Indio Alonso Tuxca Cimarron / Salmiana bottle
  • Producer: Indio Alonso
  • Maestro: Jose Partida
  • Region: Zapotitlan de Vadillo, Jalisco
  • Agave: Cimarrón
  • ABV: 45%
  • Price: $40–90 ($$)

Verdict

No consensus score for this one, so we're calling it on our own tasting: a serious Zapotitlán tuxca from Indio Alonso's hands, drinking the way these old Jalisco spirits should – rustic, herbal, with the salmiana giving a dry alpine top. Sits near Caballito Cerrero in the category-edge conversation. Buy for regional education; don't expect it to taste like Oaxaca.

Tuxca is mezcal from before the word – and tastes like it

Tasting notes

Nose: Dry pepper – then hot stone, smoke, wild mint

Palate: 45% – José Partida works in the tuxca tradition of southern Jalisco, and the cimarrón-salmiana ensamble reads appropriately rugged: dry, herbal, smoky, unapologetic

Finish: Warm, dry – long

The bottom line

Buy for a Jalisco tuxca on the shelf