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La Remilgosa Verde
Verde at 51%. Wild green variant, single maestro, serious proof
Score: 4.0/5 agaves
- Producer: La Remilgosa
- Maestro: Gilberto Roldan
- Region: Nombre de Dios, Durango
- Agave: Verde
- ABV: 51%
- Price: $90–150 ($$$)
Verdict
La Remilgosa's verde is a better bottling than its lechuguilla by a hair – the verde's cool-green signature shows especially well at 51%, and Roldán's production has the clarity that wild-agave proof needs. Mezonte's verdes set the benchmark; La Remilgosa sits a half-step below them at half the price. The 4.0 consensus reads right to us.
Verde at 51% is green agave at its most architectural
Tasting notes
Nose: Green herb, wet stone, bright mineral, a hint of eucalyptus
Palate: Cool and stone at 51%. Verde's character – chlorophyll-green, a touch astringent, holds at this proof without turning harsh. Gilberto Roldán handles the still well enough that the heat is structural rather than burning
Finish: Mineral, cool, slow herbal close – long
The bottom line
Near-Mezonte verde at half the price. Verde at 51% from a single maestro is a find