Hacienda Oponguio Espadin 750 ml

Hacienda Oponguio Espadin is a Mexican mezcal made from espadin, the agave that anchors most of the category and the easiest place to learn what a young distillate tastes like. As with mezcal generally, the hearts are cooked before fermentation and distillation, and that cooking is where the smoke comes from that separates mezcal from tequila. The nose leads with woodsmoke and green pepper, the palate turns to roasted agave sugars, lime pith and a mineral streak, and the finish dries out with a faint ash and warm citrus. Pour it neat at room temperature in a copita with an orange slice, or let it carry a Paloma.

MezcalUnaged · Oaxaca, Mexico