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Yoowe Lechuguilla

Sinohe Chacón's lechuguilla at 47%, northern mezcal with conviction

Score: 4.0/5 agaves

Yoowe Lechuguilla bottle
  • Producer: Yoowe
  • Region: Sonora
  • Agave: Bovicornuta
  • ABV: 47%
  • Price: $40–90 ($$)

Verdict

Single-maestro bottlings live or die by the maestro, and Sinohe Chacón's lechuguilla is a clinic. The agave is cooked with patience, the distillation is tight, and the proof gives the savory-herbal character room to breathe. Consensus 4.0 lands right. Hunt this down.

Honor the maestro by name: Sinohe Chacón can cook

Tasting notes

Nose: Dry hay with warm leather, a sweet corn-silk note

Palate: Structured and savory, the lechuguilla pulling the palate toward mesquite and dry herb with a mineral spine underneath. Serious

Finish: Warming, dusty, long

The bottom line

Go find it. Northern named-maestro work at its clearest

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