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Pizcadores Bacanora

Sonoran bacanora from a Chihuahua-based multi-product brand

Score: 3.0/5 agaves

Pizcadores Bacanora bottle
  • Producer: Pizcadores
  • Region: Sonora
  • Agave: Angustifolia
  • ABV: 45%
  • Price: $40–90 ($$)

Verdict

Pizcadores is a family operation in Bachiniva that has expanded into every northern agave category simultaneously. Bacanora deserves more specialization than this. The bottle is drinkable and honestly priced, but anyone seriously interested in bacanora should reach for Rancho Tepua or Aguamiel before this. Skip unless the shelf is thin.

A multi-category brand's bacanora – competent, uncommitted

Tasting notes

Nose: Dry grass, faint diesel, cooked agave

Palate: Thin, warm, slightly medicinal. 45% proof on bacanora is standard, but the Pizcadores version reads more commercial than artisanal, the brand runs sotol, raicilla, and bacanora from the same operation, and the focus shows as a house flatness

Finish: Warm, fading, short

The bottom line

A multi-product brand spread too thin. Rancho Tepua is the serious Sonoran bacanora