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Swell de Spirits Chacolo Los Convidados Lineño

Chacolo Lineño capón – Jalisco Filipino-still at conviction

Score: 4.5/5 agaves

Swell de Spirits Chacolo Los Convidados Lineño bottle
  • Producer: Swell de Spirits
  • Maestro: Macario Partida
  • Region: Zapotitlan de Vadillo, Jalisco
  • Agave: Lineño
  • ABV: 45.3%
  • Price: $40–90 ($$)

Verdict

The Partida family's Chacolo distillates are among the most refined Jalisco raicillas and mezcales currently imported, and Swell's Los Convidados Lineño capón is the bottle that makes the case. Capón harvest – quiote cut, plant left to mature further – means concentrated sugars, and the Filipino still respects them. This belongs in the conversation with Cuentacuentos and Caballito Cerrero at the top of the Jalisco shelf.

Chacolo is Jalisco at its most composed. This bottle proves it

Tasting notes

Nose: Wet stone over cooked agave – stone, cracked pepper, a floral lift

Palate: 45.3% and Filipino-still distillation give this textural depth – the lineño's pepper-and-pear signature, the capón's concentrated sweetness, Macario Partida's discipline in the cuts

Finish: Mineral, peppery. Very long

The bottom line

Capón sugars through a Filipino still. Jalisco at its most composed