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Le Tribute

Le Tribute
Mezcal Artesanal Joven

Category: Blanco Mezcal

Date Tasted:
Country: Mexico
Alcohol: 45%
93 Points
Gold Medal
Exceptional
$69

Le Tribute
Mezcal Artesanal Joven

Category: Blanco Mezcal

Date Tasted:
Country: Mexico
Alcohol: 45%
Clear color. Savory, sweet aromas of carrot escabeche, passion fruit agrodolce, ginger, raisins, tellicherry peppercorns, and caramel with a satiny, lively, dry-yet-fruity light-to-medium body and a tingling, complex, very long tomatillo salsa, grilled corn, huitlacoche, anise, and white pepper finish. A brooding Mezcal that engulfs the senses; emphatically bright and memorably balanced.

Tasting Info

Spirits Glass Style: Spicy & Complex
Aroma Aroma: mexican-style pickled carrots, passion fruit agrodolce, ginger, raisins, tellicherry peppercorns, and caramel
Taste Flavor: tomatillo salsa, grilled corn, huitlacoche, anise, and white pepper
Smoothness Smoothness: Tingling
Enjoy Enjoy: in cocktails, neat and on the rocks
Cocktail Cocktails: Paloma, Sangrita, Tommy's Margarita
Bottom Line Bottom Line: A brooding Mezcal that engulfs the senses; emphatically bright and memorably balanced.

The Producer

Destilerias MG, S.L.

The Producer
Carrer Miquel Guansé, s/n
Barcelona, 08800
Spain
34 93-814-8000

Their Portfolio

93 Le Tribute Mezcal Artesanal Joven 45% (Mexico) $69.00.

Blanco Mezcal

Spirits Glass Copita Clear.jpg
Serve in a Copita
Blanco mezcal is a spirit from Mexico that can be made from as many as 18 different types of the agave plant, some cultivated and some wild. Most are produced in the Mexican state of Oaxaca. A blanco mezcal is distilled in a copper still (sometimes double distilled) and is not aged in oak, thus preserving a clear appearance.

Mezcal is often confused with tequila, as both are made from agave. But while tequila must be made from one specific blue agave, mezcal can be produced from eighteen different types of agave (maguey). There are two types of mezcal, those made exclusively from maguey and those made from at least 80% maguey mixed with other ingredients. Mezcal has similar aging terms as tequila, such as reposado and añejo, but generally mezcal is more of an artisanal product, so examples of mezcal vary more than tequila.

Most are double-distilled, while some are triple-distilled and then aged for several years in oak barrels. Flavors range from smoked herbs and pepper to tobacco and charred fruits. Serve these on their own, in an adventuresome cocktail, or with a cigar.